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Chemically convinced you can dance, drive, and text your ex—all wrong.
means Physically and mentally impaired by alcohol or another substance, often to a noticeable degree.
from From Latin toxicum, poison—itself from Greek toxikon, the stuff archers smeared on arrowheads, making every drink a tiny, willing wound.
Legal line0.08 percent blood alcohol marks the usual threshold.
Beyond boozeJoy, power, and love all qualify metaphorically.
Arrow rootsSame source word also births toxic and toxin.