tanked (tanked-up)

tanked (tanked-up)
adj
drunk. A common term since the turn of the 20th century; the shorter form is more recent. Tank up evokes the filling of a container or fuelling of a vehicle and parallels such expressions as loaded and canned.
► Man, she was, like, totally tanked last night.
► 'I'll do the washing-up tomorrow if I don't get too tanked-up tonight.' (Biff cartoon, Guardian, 1986)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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