UNCONSCIOUS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS
ADJECTIVES
► AWAY mad; unconscious; dead → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS almost unconscious → 1893 Eng. dial.
► BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious → 20C sl., orig. US
► BLOTTO of people: exhausted, confused, unconscious → 1920s sl., orig. US
► BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead → 1913 Amer. sl.
► COO-COO unconscious → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CUCKOO unconscious → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious → 20C sl., orig. US
► DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus → 1899 sl.
► DEAD unconscious, senseless → 1887 Amer. dial.
► DEADO ► DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious → 1984 UK sl.
► DECKED unconscious from abuse of alcohol or drugs → 1961 US sl.
► FLAKED OUT exhausted, unconscious, asleep → 1943 colloq.
► GASSED drunk; unconscious from drinking → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► IN THE COLD unconscious from a hard blow → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NON COMPOS unconscious → 1977 Aust. sl.
► OUT LIKE A LIGHT unconscious → 1934 sl.
► OUT THE MONK unconscious, asleep, often from drunkenness → 1945 sl.
► OUT TO IT extremely drunk, unconscious; also from physical violence → 1941 Aust. sl.
► OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious → 20C sl., orig. US
► SPARK OUT unconscious → 1936 sl.
► UNDER unconscious due to anaesthesia → 20C sl.
► UN-FUCKING-CONSCIOUS totally unconscious → 20C US sl.
► WHITE-EYED unconscious → 1979 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► LIGHTS OUT unconsciousness → 20C sl.
► SHUT-EYE unconsciousness; an act or instance of losing consciousness for any reason → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► COLD MEAT one who has been knocked unconscious → 1910s sl.
► PASS-OUT a person who has become unconscious by drinking → 1949 Amer. sl.
VERBS
► AUGER IN to become unconscious from drinking too much liquor → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHILL to render someone unconscious, either in the boxing ring or elsewhere → 20C US criminals’ sl.
► CLONK OUT to lose consciousness → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CONK OUT to become unconscious → World War II Amer. sl.
► COOL-COCK to knock unconscious → 1930s US sl.
► COOL-CRACK to knock unconscious → 1940s African-American sl.
► DOVER to cause to doze or be unconscious → E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DWALM ► DWAM to faint, to swoon; to become unconscious; also, to sicken or fail in health → a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FLAKE OUT to become unconscious → 1942 sl.
► KNOCK COLD to knock unconscious → M19 sl.
► KNOCK CUCKOO to knock out; to make unconscious; hence, to dazzle an audience → 1927 US sl.
► KNOCK DEAD to knock unconscious → M19 sl.
► KNOCK DIZZY to knock unconscious → 1935 US sl.
► KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill → Amer. World War I sl.
► KNOCK SOMEONE’S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious → 1982 Amer. sl.
► PUNCH SOMEONE’S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious → 1966 Amer. sl.
► PUT SOMEONE’S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious → 1866 Amer. sl.
► WHITE-EYE to knock unconscious → 1991 Amer. dial.
► ZOMBIE OFF to lose consciousness → 1940s sl.
► ZONE ► ZONE OUT to lose consciousness or concentration → 1970s sl.
► ZONK ► ZONK OUT to die; to lose consciousness, esp. from alcohol or drugs → 1970s US sl.