blotto
drunken
TRANSLATION
blotto = sternhagelvoll, sternhagelbesoffen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
“I have trouble tying my shoelaces when I’m drunk so when I hear of someone being able to write a masterpiece while being completely BLOTTO, I’m going to take notice. It’s almost the definition of someone being able to ‘do something in their sleep’.
Stephen King wrote his best-selling novel 'Cujo' whilst completely blitzed out of his mind. He has said that he likes the book but has no recollection of writing it. 'Cujo' went on to sell millions of copies and further solidified King as one of the most prolific writers of our time.”
Ryan Hagen - Medium (8th October 2020)
Did you
know?
blotto
adjective (colloquial)
- very drunk; so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing
Dictionary dot Com
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WORD ORIGIN
The term "blotto" means heavily intoxicated and originates from early 20th century American English.
It is believed to have been derived from the phrase "to blot out”, referring to the way in which excessive alcohol consumption can 'blot out' or erase memory, consciousness, or sensibility.
In essence, "blotto" expresses a state of heavy drunkenness to the point of oblivion.
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SYNONYMS
addled, bacchic, bacchanalian, beery, besotted, bibulous, blitzed, BLOTTO, boozed (up), boozy, canned, cockeyed, crapulous, crocked, crapulent, cut, delirious, dissipated, dizzy, drunk as a lord (as a skunk, as a fiddler), far-gone, flushed, fou, foxed, fried, fuddled, glazed, gone, groggy, half-seas over, hammered, hopped up, inebriated, intoxicated, jacked, jagged, juiced, legless, loaded, looped, lubricated, mellow, muddled, muzzy, oiled, on a bender, out of it, pie-eyed, pickled, plastered, potted, raddled, ripped, roaring, sauced, schnockered, sizzled, smashed, soaked, sozzled, squiffy, stewed, stinko, stoned, swilled, tanked, tiddly, tight, tipsy, toasted, totaled, under the influence (the table), wassailed, wasted, well-oiled, wet, whacked, woozy, zonked
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“Being BLOTTO seems to have helped some creative writers produce great works of fiction.”
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