A word that earns its keep in two very different contexts. Literally, spangled means decorated with small glittering ornaments or sequins — hence 'star-spangled.' In British slang, however, spangled means thoroughly drunk or high — dazzled by substances rather than sequins. The slang sense plays on the idea of being bedazzled or dazzled into a stupor, and it's used with the same casual fondness that British speakers bring to most drunk-synonyms. You can be a little bit spangled or absolutely spangled.
By midnight everyone at the party was spangled and someone had started singing Show of Hands songs badly but enthusiastically.
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Having spangles.
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(slang, UK) drunk or high.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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