mad with it

Definitions

Extremely drunk or intoxicated.

Scotland, UK, slang

Examples

“'I like⟳ being with my pals and getting mad with it,' he shrugs. 'I grew up to hate⟳ the police.'”

“In the most exaggerated Californian accent I could manage⟳, I started to whisper⟳ esoteric Glasgow slang expressions, to create⟳ an image of Mo having fully immersed himself into his new city's culture. 'You guys getting mad wae it on Friday, or whit?'”

“He wouldn't tell⟳ anyone about what he heard over the arctic winds. They would think⟳ him crazy. If anyone told him the same thing he'd think⟳ they were crazy or at the very least, "mad wi' it" drunk!”

“Hugh says he was "chucked" out of school aged 14 and then spent all of his time out with his "pals". "I was always getting mad with it," he says.”

“In the now viral Twitter post⟳, Caitlin [Harvey] penned: 'A year ago I was mad with it on a night out and got chatting to the toilet attendant who told me she had recently moved here from Nigeria and had no friends.'”

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