different between intoxication vs trollied

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt?ks??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nt?ks??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: in?tox?i?ca?tion

Noun

intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)

1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

   He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

   Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness

3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Translations

French

Etymology

From intoxiquer +? -tion

Pronunciation

Noun

intoxication f (plural intoxications)

1. poisoning
2. the act of spreading false information or propaganda

Usage notes

In French, the word intoxication is used more broadly than in English to refer to the poisoning of an organism by a variety of means such as herbicide or poisonous gas as well as by alcohol or narcotics.

Derived terms

• intoxication alimentaire

Further reading

• “intoxication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

intoxication (uncountable)

1. intoxication

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