What does locoed mean?
Locoed is an informal North American adjective meaning intoxicated or, depending on context, crazy, irrational, or wildly excited. Its use often suggests that someone's behavior or judgment has been affected by alcohol, drugs, excitement, or some overwhelming experience. A person might be described as “totally locoed” after a party, while the same word can characterize a crowd that has become intensely enthusiastic. The expression belongs primarily to casual speech and is much less suited to formal writing. It developed from the older slang word loco, which was influenced by Spanish loco, meaning “crazy,” together with an English -ed ending. The word is especially associated with American usage, although similar forms are understood more broadly in North America. Its vivid sound and flexible application make it useful for describing both intoxication and uninhibited excitement.
adjectiveIntoxicated, especially by alcohol or drugs. In some contexts, it also means crazy or behaving irrationally.
- Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- Crazy, irrational, or extremely excited.
"The crowd became locoed with excitement when the band took the stage."
"He was thoroughly locoed after the concert and barely remembered the drive home."
"The whole office was locoed when the unexpected promotion was announced."
Locoed combines the older slang word loco with the everyday English suffix -ed, giving modern American slang its unmistakably intoxicated sound.
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Where does locoed come from?
Locoed is generally understood as an American English slang formation from loco, an older word for “crazy” or intoxicated, with an added -ed ending. The slang word loco was itself influenced by Spanish loco, “crazy, mad, insane.” The precise point at which the distinct form locoed emerged is uncertain, but it belongs to the informal American vocabulary of the early-to-mid twentieth century.
How locoed is actually used
This is informal North American slang and is most natural in casual speech. It may sound especially characteristic of American English and is less appropriate in formal writing.