Paraletic

adj.

Heard in Dublin, Kilkenny and Cork

Extremely intoxicated. Also to be really drunk.

In use

Look at the cut of yer man after all the beer. He's paraletic." "I was so paralytic I couldnt walk." "O.m.g. I was paraletic last nite.

Posh English

Would you look at the general appearance of that fellow after all the beer. He is completely inebriated.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Kilkenny (not in the dictionary)
  • Cork (not in the dictionary)