I have only heard it in the last few months.
Some people use it in engineering to mean damaged, but it seems to mean drunk too.
It's a relatively recent British slang term, so far as I know, certainly only dating from the nineties. It has been said to be a variant form of the older word mulled , with the same meaning, which presumably derives from the sense of a drink that's has been made into a hot spicy concoction. All rights reserved. Page created 9 January 1999.