brain-burned
Displaying the adverse effects of drug use, especially cognitive impairment. He started doing drugs as a teenager and is totally brain-burned now. I swore I would never end up brain-burned like my older brother, so I refuse to try drugs of any kind. A: "You can't dismiss these students just because they're brain-burned—they clearly need help and guidance." B: "I'll say, since their days obviously revolve around smoking weed."
brain-fried
Displaying the adverse effects of drug use, especially cognitive impairment. He started doing drugs as a teenager and is totally brain-fried now. I swore I would never end up brain-fried like my older brother, so I refuse to try drugs of any kind. A: "You can't dismiss these students just because they're brain-fried—they clearly need help and guidance." B: "I'll say, since their days obviously revolve around smoking weed."
fried to the gills
old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back fried to the gills. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's fried to the gills like that. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's fried to the gills.
fried to the hat
old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back fried to the hat. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's fried to the hat like that. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's fried to the hat.
fried to the tonsils
old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back fried to the tonsils. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's fried to the tonsils like that. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's fried to the tonsils.
fry the fat out of (someone)
To get money out of someone through violence or extortion. If you don't pay up, I'll have my men fry the fat out of you, don't you worry. It's time to fry the fat out of you, Stan, because I always get my money, one way or another. Why would you get into debt with the mob? It's only a matter of time till the boss sends his thugs to fry the fat out of you!
fry up
To use direct heat to cook some food, often in fat or oil. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fry" and "up." Oh, I'm just frying up some bacon for breakfast. I saw you last night at the fair—you were frying up funnel cakes, weren't you? Why is any food more delicious when you fry it up?
Kentucky fried
1. slang Sunburned. In all uses, the term is hyphenated if used before a noun. Primarily heard in US. He fell asleep on the beach without putting on any sunblock and got Kentucky fried to a crisp! Please wear your sun hat. I don't want you to get a Kentucky-fried scalp.
2. slang Electrocuted. Primarily heard in US. Don't go messing with that electrical wiring yourself, or you'll end up getting Kentucky fried! I went out to the generator to see why the power cut out, and I discovered a Kentucky-fried raccoon that must've been chewing on the cables.
3. dated slang Drunk. Primarily heard in US. We were all thoroughly Kentucky fried by the end of the day.
perma-fried
Permanently experiencing the effects of or suffering permanent psychological damage as a result of prolonged or intense use of psychoactive drugs. Sometimes written as one word. Someone spiked David's drink with nearly 20 doses' worth of acid, and the poor guy has been perma-fried ever since. I just don't think you can get permafried from smoking weed. You might turn into a loser if you smoke it all the time, but you're not going to screw up your brain or anything.
southern-fried
1. Coated in flour and breadcrumbs, then shallow fried in oil or grease. They served southern-fried catfish with corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, and green beans. There was nothing quite like the southern-fried chicken my grandma used to make when we were kids.
2. Having the traits or characteristics indicative of or pertaining to the Southern United States. I was just a long-legged, southern-fried boy when I joined the military, but eight years of service helped me grow into a man. These folks know what it means to show real southern-fried hospitality.
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