tanked
1. <jargon> Same as down, used primarily by Unix hackers.
See also hosed.
2. Popularised as a synonym for "drunk" by Steve Dallas in the late lamented
"Bloom County" comic strip.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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