different between alcoholic vs trollied

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)

English

Etymology 1

Verb

trollied

1. simple past tense and past participle of trolley

Etymology 2

Originally a slang term among students.

Adjective

trollied (comparative more trollied, superlative most trollied)

1. (slang) Showing extreme intoxication from alcohol.
   • 2004, Laura Deeley, "Review 2004: Binge drinking", New Scientist December 2004.

     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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

References

• Gerbig, Andrea; Mason, Oliver (2008). Language, People, Numbers: Corpus Linguistics and Society. Rodopi. pp 47. ?ISBN