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stoned en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/stoʊnd/ (General-American)
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/stəʊnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English stoned (simple past) and stoned, istoned (past participle), equivalent to stone + -ed. The etymology for the sense of "exhilarated, intoxicated by substances", which originated in American English in the mid-20th century, is not fully clear. It could be derived from stone drunk, a common slang expression from the mid-19th to early-20th century. It is more frequently theorized to be a phono-semantic matching of Italian-American slang stunod (“dazzled, stupid”), from Italian stonato (“out of tune, off-key”). In 1952, Life Magazine listed it in a glossary of bop musician slang, in the sense of "drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world" (see quote). This could lend further credence to the idea of the word originating from a musical term.

Meanings

Containing stones.
Having had the stones removed.
(archaic, slang) Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
- 'He could be a mean drunk,' said saxophonist Artie Drelinger. '[…] Booze was his priority, and when he was stoned he could be a son of a bitch.' 2002, Frederick J. Spencer, Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats:
- STONED: drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world. 1952 September 29, “"BOP VOCABULARY" section, inside of "That Crazy Bop Joke Craze"”, in LIFE Magazine, New York, U.S., page 67:
(slang) High on drugs, especially cannabis.
- And me, I'm flying in my taxi / Taking tips, and getting stoned / I go flying so high, when I'm stoned 1972, Harry Chapin, “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales:
- We got stoned and ate four bags of potato chips.
- Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars / Out here we is stoned, immaculate 1971, Jim Morrison, “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)”, in L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors:
- Stoned in the mall the kids play / And in this way wish away each day 2008, Steven Wilson, “Normal”, in We Lost The Skyline, performed by Porcupine Tree:
- Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He’s stoned all the time.” “What’s he on—horse?” Riccio asked, meaning heroin. “Who knows with that creep?” Benny said. I asked Benny if any special kind of boy went in for dope. “The creeps,” he said. “You know, the goofballs.” He searched for a word. “The weak kids. Like Jo-Jo. There ain’t nothing the guys can’t do to him. Last week, we took his pants off and made him run right in the middle of the street without them.” 1957 September 13, Walter Bernstein, “The Cherubs Are Rumbling”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024:
- "Hey babe. Claire and her mom got way too stoned and a random borzoi wandered into the house and we need an adult. ... Yeah that's pretty much how I expected today to go too." 2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3879: Pointy Boi:
(slang) Exhilarated; intoxicated by something (such as love) other than drugs or alcohol.
- Perhaps I even looked stoned on life with that ever-present smile on my face […] 2016, Heidi Patullo, Imperfukt: ...And Never Happier!, iUniverse, →ISBN:
- I had told them my sailing plans—a few voyages and then Palmyra—but learned almost nothing about them except they were stoned on life. They were so in love with each other and so enamored with their six-month-old baby, […] 2014, Susan Scott, Call Me Captain: A Memoir of a Woman at Sea, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 112:
- "I am stoned on Jesus! He turns me on and gives me something drugs never could!" 1972, John W. Drakeford, Children of Doom: A Sobering Look at the Commune Movement, Nashville: Broadman Press:

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most stoned	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more stoned	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (49)

es colocado (high on drugs) · ru одуре́вший (high on drugs) · es emporrado (high on drugs) · tr iyi (high on drugs) · mt daħna (high on drugs) · da stenet (high on drugs) · ru обку́ренный (high on drugs) · pt chapado (high on drugs) · es trabado (high on drugs) · ru обдо́лбанный (high on drugs) · ca col·locat (high on drugs) · it fatto (high on drugs) · pt mocado (high on drugs) · bg надрусан (high on drugs) · ru под ка́йфом (high on drugs) · fr gelé (high on drugs) · de bekifft (high on drugs) · hu betépve (high on drugs) · pt ganzado (high on drugs) · lt apsvaigęs (high on drugs) · tr uçmuş (high on drugs) · pt pedrado (high on drugs) · sv stenad (high on drugs) · de zu (high on drugs) · fr stone (high on drugs) · fi pilvessä (high on drugs) · fr déchiré (high on drugs) · hu betépett (high on drugs) · de breit (high on drugs) · el μαστουρωμένος (high on drugs) · mk на́пушен (high on drugs) · fa نشئه (high on drugs) · el κλασμένος (high on drugs) · ru обко́лотый (high on drugs) · da skæv (high on drugs) · es marihuano (high on drugs) · tr esrik (high on drugs) · vi phê (high on drugs) · ja ぼうっとしている (high on drugs) · hi नशा (high on drugs) · da høj (high on drugs) · mi māngina (high on drugs) · cmn 神智恍惚 (high on drugs) · fr défoncé (high on drugs) · lt apsinešęs (high on drugs) · es pacheco (high on drugs) · pt doidão (high on drugs) · tr sarhoş (high on drugs) · ja 酔っ払った (high on drugs)

wikipedia: Life Magazine

stoned en · VERB

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/stoʊnd/ (General-American)
(US) audio
/stəʊnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of stone
form of stone

wikipedia: Life Magazine

stoned en · ADJ

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stoned en · VERB

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