paralytic

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Meaning · English

Very drunk.

Register: slang

Examples

Are the para-olympics the events in which the olympians, having finished their events in the normal olympics, go out and get pissed and then compete again? ie: the para-olympics become the paralytic olympics.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “paralytic” mean?

Very drunk.

Is “paralytic” formal or informal?

paralytic is generally slang.