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[Victor Steinbok]

  I have no doubt that this is true. However, in this case, we are
dealing with a person whose entire vocabulary (nearly) I know. And,
trust me, this meaning of "druggy" is not in it. It was an
eggcorn-in-action sort of thing.

     VS-)

On 7/1/2010 9:44 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> I think the term druggy has an established sense that can encompass a
> state of wooziness post-anesthesia. Anesthesia is, after all, a
> drug-induced state.
>
> Definition: druggy
> Of or relating to drugs or drug use: "boozy, druggy confessions"
> (Vincent Canby).
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/druggy

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