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slap-happy

British  

adjective

  1. cheerfully irresponsible or careless

  2. dazed or giddy from or as if from repeated blows; punch-drunk

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The soup was closer to paste, as if the kitchen got slap happy with thickeners.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2016

They used to call it dementia pugilistica and before that by less scientific names: Athletes were punch drunk; they were slap happy; they were paper dolls, or punchie, or goofy, or slug nutty.

From Slate • May 9, 2012

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