stoned

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stone

comparative more stoned · superlative most stoned

1. Containing stones.
2. Having had the stones removed.
3. archaicslangDrunk; intoxicated by alcohol.

   STONED: drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world.

   1952 September 29, “"BOP VOCABULARY" section, inside of "That Crazy Bop Joke Craze"”, in LIFE Magazine, New York, U.S., page 67

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   'He could be a mean drunk,' said saxophonist Artie Drelinger. '[…] Booze was his priority, and when he was stoned he could be a son of a bitch.'

   2002, Frederick J. Spencer, Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats

   Synonyms: blotto, ebrious, paralytic, wasted, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms

4. slangHigh on drugs, especially cannabis.

   We got stoned and ate four bags of potato chips.

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   Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He’s stoned all the time.” “What’s he on—horse?” Riccio asked, meaning heroin. “Who knows with that creep?” Benny said. I asked Benny if any special kind of boy went in for dope. “The creeps,” he said. “You know, the goofballs.” He searched for a word. “The weak kids. Like Jo-Jo. There ain’t nothing the guys can’t do to him. Last week, we took his pants off and made him run right in the middle of the street without them.”

   1957 September 13, Walter Bernstein, “The Cherubs Are Rumbling”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024

   Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars / Out here we is stoned, immaculate

   1971, Jim Morrison, “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)”, in L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors

   And me, I'm flying in my taxi / Taking tips, and getting stoned / I go flying so high, when I'm stoned

   1972, Harry Chapin, “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales

   Stoned in the mall the kids play / And in this way wish away each day

   2008, Steven Wilson, “Normal”, in We Lost The Skyline, performed by Porcupine Tree

   "Hey babe. Claire and her mom got way too stoned and a random borzoi wandered into the house and we need an adult. ... Yeah that's pretty much how I expected today to go too."

   2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3879: Pointy Boi

   Synonyms: high, geeked, blazed, baked, fried, chopped

5. slangExhilarated; intoxicated by something (such as love) other than drugs or alcohol.

   "I am stoned on Jesus! He turns me on and gives me something drugs never could!"

   1972, John W. Drakeford, Children of Doom: A Sobering Look at the Commune Movement, Nashville: Broadman Press

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   I had told them my sailing plans—a few voyages and then Palmyra—but learned almost nothing about them except they were stoned on life. They were so in love with each other and so enamored with their six-month-old baby, […]

   2014, Susan Scott, Call Me Captain: A Memoir of a Woman at Sea, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 112

   Perhaps I even looked stoned on life with that ever-present smile on my face […]

   2016, Heidi Patullo, Imperfukt: ...And Never Happier!, iUniverse, →ISBN