General
zozzled
What does zozzled mean?
Drunk, especially the giddy, slurring, can't-walk-straight kind.
"She was so zozzled she tried to dance the Charleston on the table."
Origin
A 1920s Prohibition-era coinage for drunkenness, listed among the period's comic synonyms in glossaries of the day and noted by H.L. Mencken's surveys of American slang. The word appears to be invented for its silly sound rather than from any older root.
Frequently asked questions
What does zozzled mean?
Zozzled is 1920s slang for being drunk.
Where did zozzled come from?
It is a Prohibition-era American coinage, one of many nonsense-sounding words for intoxication popular in the Jazz Age.
Is zozzled still used?
Rarely, and mostly as a deliberate vintage flourish or in period fiction.
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