adjective
General Slang
mortal
· adjective · geordie
Absolutely steaming drunk.
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Hammered. Paralytic. Can't-find-your-own-front-door drunk. The Geordie default for a proper night out — past tipsy, past merry, all the way to mortal. Geordie Shore did its best to export the word nationally.
“She was absolutely mortal by half nine, had to put her in a taxi.”
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Standard English sense — relating to death, or simply a human being. Still used in serious registers ('mortal danger', 'we are all mortal') but in Geordie the drunk sense dominates daily speech.
“The injury wasn't mortal, thank god.”
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mortal In A Sentence
She was absolutely mortal by half nine, had to put her in a taxi.
The injury wasn't mortal, thank god.
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What does mortal mean in slang?
Mortal is slang for being absolutely steaming drunk.
How do you use mortal in a sentence?
"By midnight he was mortal and couldn't even stand up."
Where is mortal used to mean drunk?
It's especially common in North East England, particularly around Geordie and Mackem speech.
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