trollied
adjEtymology Originally a slang term among students. Trolleys in supermarkets are notorious for having at least one dodgy wheel so they wobble, hence the description. Not necessarily a student term but certainly a working class term.
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New Zealand, UK, Slang Showing extreme intoxication from alcohol.
- This year we got smashed, tanked up, trollied, pie-eyed, caned, wankered, mullered, inebriated, wrecked, pissed, slated, hammered, paralytic and well and truly out of our trees. We have more words for getting drunk than we do for being in love.2004 December 23, Laura Deeley, “Review 2004: Binge drinking”, in New Scientist:
- When I was an 18-year-old concerned with getting as trollied as possible in the least amount of time and at little cost, I was drawn to sweetness, as many of us are when we’re younger, and most supermarket prosecco is rather sweet – even the confusingly named “extra dry” category allows for 12-17g sugar per litre.2025 July 3, Hannah Crosbie, “There’s more to Italian sparkling wine than prosecco”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: