slaphappy

[ slap-hap-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.

, slap·hap·pi·er, slap·hap·pi·est.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaphappy¹

First recorded in 1935–40; slap ¹ + happy

Example Sentences

“Nutty, slaphappy, goofy” was how her friend Mitchell Leisen summed up Irene, recalling how Lombard strove to make sense of a woman whose words “lacked continuity, were unrelated and without thought”.

From The Guardian

I hope I’m not giving too much away by saying that episode three of Netflix’s slaphappy romantic reality show Love is Blind opens with a proposal.

From The Guardian

Having fitted his kit with old-fashioned calfskin heads, Starr’s sturdy, slaphappy drumming achieves a newfound warmth and depth.

From The New Yorker

Given a choice, we’d probably prefer to be slaphappy all the time, and there are advantages to that pleasurable state.

From Time

Maybe the table was so tired that the writers had become slaphappy, but “sweet night breakfast?” won a big, goofy laugh—it was the sort of curveball construction that suited “black-ish.”

From The New Yorker