blotto
adjective (blotto — slang, old-fashioned)
Everyday
(slang, UK) Very drunk. tree →
In the lessons
It appears in comic stories and rough or old-fashioned British talk about adults who have drunk too much alcohol. In safety lessons, being drunk is dangerous and alcohol is not for children. Phrases: get blotto, completely blotto.
Examples
- (slang) Uncle Fred was completely blotto at the wedding. tree →
- (slang) They got blotto and had to be taken home in a taxi. tree →
- In the old comedy, the butler found his master blotto in the garden. tree →
- (slang) He was so blotto he could not stand up. tree →
- Getting blotto is dangerous for anyone. tree →
- The story's silly lord was always blotto by dinner. tree →
Note
Slang and a bit old-fashioned; the neutral words are drunk or intoxicated (formal). Not a polite word.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «blotto» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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