Pregaming,
pre-gaming,
predrinking,
pre-drinking,
pre-partying,
pre-loading,
prefunking in Europe, or
preloading /
prinking in the United Kingdom, is the process of getting
drunk prior to going out socializing, typically done by college students and young adults in the United States and Europe, in a manner as cost-efficient as possible, with
hard liquor and cheap beer consumed while in small groups.