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Butt chugging is a worrying trend of consumming alcohol. [iStock]

How do you consume alcohol? The answer depends whom you ask. This is because a habit once thought to be a fringe practice is gaining ground with young people. Butt chugging is the name, also called boofing, plugging or butt enema.

In this worrying trend, revelers choose to get drunk by inserting alcoholic drinks into the rectum through the anus instead of drinking using the mouth. The trend has been brewing amongst the Gen Zs, and many are worried.

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