Definitions by Benjamin (the great) Garnes
weepsy
1. Drunk and tearful at the same time; in the condition where alcohol has dissolved the usual restraint on crying. He got weepsy over the pub quiz music round.
2. Of a person: prone to reaching this state, as a known characteristic. Don’t sit her next to the sad songs, she goes weepsy.
— Etymology
Blend of weep (Old English wēpan, to lament, cry aloud) and tipsy (16th c., from tip, to overbalance, + -sy). First attested 2026.
— Usage
Chiefly British; informal, affectionate rather than mocking. Typically used of a friend, and typically at the time, not after. Common collocations: go weepsy, gone all weepsy, full weepsy.
Distinguished from weepy, which describes ordinary tearfulness with no implication of drink. Weepsy requires both conditions; a sober crier is not weepsy, and a drunk who merely becomes affectionate is not either. The word carries an implication that the emotion is sincere but the timing is not — the crying is real, the trigger disproportionate.
— Related forms
weepsily adv. · weepsiness n.
2. Of a person: prone to reaching this state, as a known characteristic. Don’t sit her next to the sad songs, she goes weepsy.
— Etymology
Blend of weep (Old English wēpan, to lament, cry aloud) and tipsy (16th c., from tip, to overbalance, + -sy). First attested 2026.
— Usage
Chiefly British; informal, affectionate rather than mocking. Typically used of a friend, and typically at the time, not after. Common collocations: go weepsy, gone all weepsy, full weepsy.
Distinguished from weepy, which describes ordinary tearfulness with no implication of drink. Weepsy requires both conditions; a sober crier is not weepsy, and a drunk who merely becomes affectionate is not either. The word carries an implication that the emotion is sincere but the timing is not — the crying is real, the trigger disproportionate.
— Related forms
weepsily adv. · weepsiness n.
weepsy by Benjamin (the great) Garnes July 27, 2026
