Meaning of permadrunk | Babel Free

Definitions

Perpetually or habitually drunk; affected by alcoholism.

informal, rare

Examples

“That's because The Gang, as they think of themselves, is the most singularly self-absorbed, permadrunk, delusionally idiotic group of people ever to grace the small screen (and that includes Keeping Up With the Kardashians).”

“Agnes and Tobias, a married couple, bicker and joke about each other’s foibles. Agnes’s permadrunk sister, Claire, arrives, trailing barbs. Later, their daughter, Julia, shows up, having recently parachuted out of her fourth marriage. (Claire calls her a “quadruple amputee.”)”

“My favorite instance of this kind of supposed failure comes in 2011, towards the tail end of this kind of complaint, in the madcap mess that is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, a sequel that doesn't want to be cheapened by using the number 2 in its title but nevertheless feels a lot like Keystone Kops plus demons and a perma-drunk Idris Elba, […]”

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