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gemwyon | 14:51 Tue 03rd Jun 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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where does the term plastered come from? The one half cut sparked of my thinking about drinking!!
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i understood it to mean that you couldn't stand up unless you were holding onto the wall
apparently it means your like plaster all gooeyand dont know what your doing and could go anywhere thats what my workmate told me anyway! lol!!!
One of the old meanings of 'plaster' was 'to load to excess', as in "Her make-up was plastered on." It was easy, then, to transfer that to mean 'to load to excess with drink'. 'Plastered was first used in this sense in the early 1900s.
quizmonster, are you actually human? you know too much for a mere mortal.
All too human, sadly, Treacle! What I have, rather than immortality, is a wonderful collection of reference-sources gathered over decades. That, plus the fact that I'm retired, which gives me the time - a luxury most of the rest of the contributors here probably don't have - to find things out. Thank you kindly for what I take to be a compliment.

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