swamped

swamped
1. mod. very, very busy.
I can’t handle it now. I’m swamped.
We’re always swamped at this time of the year.
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Look at him! He’s swamped—stoned out of his mind.
Those old boys used to go out and get swamped every Saturday night.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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