slaphappy

[slap-hap-ee]

slap·hap·py

[slap-hap-ee]
adjective, slap·hap·pi·er, slap·hap·pi·est. Informal.
1.
severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
2.
agreeably giddy or foolish: After a martini he was slaphappy.
3.
cheerfully irresponsible: a slaphappy crowd.

Origin:
1935–40; slap1 + happy
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Slaphappy is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
WordNet
slaphappy

adjective
1. cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" [syn: carefree
2. dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" [syn: punch-drunk
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