adjective

blotto

BLAH-toh/ˈblɑːtəʊ/

Extremely drunk.

By the end of the party, the comic character is completely blotto.

A disheveled white adult man slumped drowsily at a dinner table beside tipped empty wine glasses; obvious drunken unsteadiness, no glamor, no driving.

Etymology

Blotto is traced to an unspecified use of blot meaning “soak up liquid,” suggesting the image of someone soaked with alcohol. The precise connection is unclear, and blot’s deeper origin is uncertain.

More examples

He admitted that he had been blotto.
The novel's narrator describes the guests as blotto.
She refused to ride with someone who was blotto.

Similar words

drunk: The ordinary term, less emphatic and less slangy.
plastered: A similarly informal term for extreme drunkenness.