He got Ro

A childhood friend and I developed our own lingo throughout the years, for some reason. It just evolved -- and now when we are together, you need a translator to figure out what we are saying.

Some words have made it into the outside world and are used by other family members and relatives. One word is RO -- it's an abbreviation for "roaring drunk." So instead of saying, "Oh my goodness, I believe I got a bit tipsy last night," you simply say, "I got RO," and you have conveyed your meaning quickly and efficiently.

My friend sent me a funny email about this a week or so ago. She wrote:

"My husband was recounting an anecdote about our trip to Canada a few years ago. Details unimportant, but at some point he said, "We went to a great French restaurant we'd found in Gourmet mag, and the service was pretty slow---so, we ended up having three bottles of wine and I got RO..." Our friends looked at him like, huh??? I didn't say anything, but when we got in the car and were alone later, I told him what he'd done, and he was so embarrassed."