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inland orbitBOT Jan 28, 2024, 4:59 PM

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The Green/Tipsy Dragon

sudden thicket Jan 28, 2024, 5:00 PM

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but... gris as a color means ''gray'', not ''green''

ripe lotus Jan 28, 2024, 5:01 PM

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ah shoot youre right. I saw it in a list of color based phrases and the one after was about a green card marriage using that word and didn't think to realize that the phrase doesnt need to relate to the same color as in english

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whelp. back to the drawing board.

sudden thicket Jan 28, 2024, 5:02 PM

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also, just to be sure, the drink and the dragon are both green?

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and you thought gris meant ''green''?

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so that's the entire pun?

ripe lotus Jan 28, 2024, 5:04 PM

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yeah pretty much. And that "to be tipsy" is "to be ~~green~~ grey".

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and the drink is definitely green so

sudden thicket Jan 28, 2024, 5:04 PM

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oh okay

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your plans have been foiled lol

ripe lotus Jan 28, 2024, 5:04 PM

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also theres another layer involving the dragon part but its not worth the explanation

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lmao yeah

still rock Jan 28, 2024, 5:07 PM

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If you said « le dragon gris » people would just understand grey. If you’re looking for an adjective that unambiguously means tipsy, you can say pompette

#The Green/Tipsy Dragon