Edinburgh Scotland Coined the Term “Shit Faced”

As you can see, Edinburgh is renowned for some honorable discoveries, but the following one won't be. They are also proud of having created the expression "Shit faced", along with the first security system or the creation of the fire brigade. The phrase people use to describe someone who is intoxicated to the point of blackout. Well, it didn't always mean that even though being inebriated was undoubtedly a part.

The funniest thing was this: "Edinburgh was a festering unpleasant stinking mess during the periods when people didn't have bathrooms". It is also perched atop a hill, whose base once housed lakes from which the city drew its drinking water. Due to the lack of facilities, people had to store their waste in buckets before tossing it out their windows and onto the street below, which is why Edinburgh is so filthy. Additionally, the matter would spread through the streets and into the lakes, rendering them unusable.

A new regulation known as the Nastiness Act was passed because the haphazard tossing of objects out of windows put individuals in danger of being struck by them. As a result, people could only toss their garbage out of windows between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am. Throwers were required to shout "gard l'eau", which is French for "Mind the Water".

However, due to the city's drinking water issue, everyone was intoxicated and could only consume booze. Since the very inebriated people frequently waited too long to realize what was occurring when someone shouted "gard l'eau", before they could get out of the way, the falling matter or water would land on their faces, giving rise to the term "Shit Faced".