screwed
The origin and history of screwed.
Etymology
Grew out of "screw" meaning to apply pressure or coercion, evoking torture devices like thumbscrews — by the 1600s it meant being in an inescapable bind. The "drunk" sense followed later, linked to the phrase "a screw loose."
Class of 1600
screwed first entered the language around 1600. Other words from the same year:
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