arseholed

arseholed
adj
1.
British
very drunk. A popular word among students, younger members of the armed forces and other heavy drink-ers from the 1960s to the present. The image is of someone disgustingly or help-lessly drunk, as in the expression 'pissed as an arsehole'; but the term is neutral, not usually pejorative, and is used by all social classes.
► Once a month he gets completely arse-holed and then comes home and asks me to forgive him.' (Recorded, housewife, Devon, 1986)
2a.
Australian dismissed from one's job
2b.
Australian ejected, especially from a bar
2c.
Australian
rejected by one's partner

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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