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embalmed

slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were totally embalmed! Well, I must have been embalmed if I got up and did karaoke at the bar! Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's embalmed.
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embalming fluid

1. Literally, a type of fluid that is used to preserve a corpse. ("Embalming" is the process of injecting a corpse with such fluid.) We haven't injected the embalming fluid yet—that's the next step. A: "I'm afraid to ask, but what exactly is embalming fluid?" B: "A mixture of chemicals, like formaldehyde." There's plenty to do before the funeral, including injecting the corpse with embalming fluid and getting the mortuary cosmetologist in here to do her makeup.
2. slang Liquor, especially whiskey. If I keep drinking this embalming fluid, I'll be drunk in no time! Glen's a mean drunk when liquor's involved, so keep that embalming fluid away from him. Help him get home, will ya? Because he's been drinking that embalming fluid all night, he can barely stand up straight now.
See also: embalm, fluid
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embalmed

mod. alcohol intoxicated. By morning they were all embalmed.
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embalming fluid

n. strong liquor; raw whiskey. Bartender, pour out this embalming fluid and get me your best.
See also: embalm, fluid
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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