Definitely originally Australian. Seems to originate in Australian WW1 army
slang, with original meaning of dead (or blown up by shells?), then in general
Aussie colloquial English shifts to (dead) drunk. In UK usage (yes, pace
Patrick, it's reached here) I'd guess it has more of the connotations of simply
tired. At least that's how it runs in my idiolect.
(The above courtesy of the online Green's Dictionary of Slang --
https://greensdictofslang.com -- with a few added inferences for which JG
shouldn't be held responsible.)
As for Bill's "Still stonkered by beauty," in UK terms, with the sense he
intends, this would translate as, "Still gobsmacked by beauty."
Robin
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> On 03 May 2017 at 10:03 Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> Yes, must be Aus coinage, Patrick I suppose.
>
> Definition Of:
> Stonkered
> [image: Australian Slang/It] Australian Slang
> <http://slang-dictionary.slang-dictionary.org/Australian-Slang/>
> 1. defeated; destroyed; overthrown; 2. exhausted; 3. drunk; 4. extremely
> lethargic or incapacitated, as after a large meal
>
> Hadn't thought. Just presumed it was general. Not really liking the
> definitions above, more 'thrown by' I was looking for.
>
> Bill
>
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>
>
> On Wed, 3 May 2017 at 6:20 PM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Thanks Bill another smile to my face interesting subject close to home
> > 'stonkered' (spell check is upset wants stoppered!!)is that a word of
> > your own or Oz?
> >
> > cheers P
> >
> >
> > On 03/05/2017 00:03, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > > I was me
> > > Now I'm me plus sixty
> > >
> > > Aging's not what you think it will be
> > > not from the inside anyway
> > >
> > > Sure you slow down
> > > seize up
> > >
> > > But the bouncing inner voice
> > > rattles along much as it ever did
> > >
> > > Maybe you're not as deft,
> > > as willing.
> > >
> > > But just as naive,
> > > as tripping,
> > >
> > > as you were at ten;
> > > Still stonkered by beauty
> > >
> > > like your tousle-haired
> > > teen self.
> > >
> > > bw
> >
>
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