spun out
adj.— «What if she is spun out (slang for someone under the influence of drugs)?» —“Riding with a Probation Officer: Officers blend law, social work” by Katie Ashton Daily Herald (Provo, Utah) May 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...
When Marilyn from Boston, Massachusetts, used the expression Them’s the berries! with neighbors in her hometown of nearby Arlington, Massachusetts, she was surprised they were unfamiliar with it. The phrase means something like “That’s...