blotto

American

[blot-oh] / ˈblɒt oʊ /

adjective

Slang.

very drunk; so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing.

blotto British

/ ˈblɒtəʊ /

adjective

slang unconscious, esp through drunkenness

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Etymology

Origin of blotto

1915–20; blot ¹ (v.) + -o

Example Sentences

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The critically acclaimed pizzeria Blotto on Capitol Hill will close for good after Saturday service because its lease expires this weekend.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Asked about how to actually get to eat at Blotto, Koplowitz and Hoffmann say to be patient.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

He and his partner Christy Wyble had done exactly one week of testing out Blotto, realizing it was too much for two people, when he reconnected with Hoffmann at a Black Lives Matter protest.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

But at Blotto, the Seattle pizza restaurant, Hoffmann and Koplowitz don’t plan on adapting the restaurant for future heat waves.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

The Daily ran a banner headline: “Campus Blotto with Influx of Love, Birds.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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