What it means
Proper excited or chuffed, like you’re buzzing and can’t stop chatting about it. You can be gassed about your own win, or gassed for your mate when they’ve smashed it. Common in grime and street chat and now basically mainstream. Context matters, because gassed can also mean knackered and out of breath after a run.
Usage examples
"Bruv, I passed my driving test first time. Examiner was fuming, but I’m gassed. Link up later, I’m buying a round at the local."
"My brother is gassed about the new flat in Walthamstow, sent me twelve photos of the kitchen tap before he even unpacked the suitcase, says it has the same brand the chef on the cooking show uses at the weekend."
"Whole group is gassed for Tuesday, three people queued from five in the morning for the album signing in Soho, came back at lunch with selfies, hoodies and stories that grew louder each time they retold them in the office."
Where it comes from
From the literal feeling of being filled with gas, light and floating, the term flipped meaning across Caribbean and British grime culture in the early two thousands. Now gassed means high on excitement, hype or sheer adrenaline, often with the implication that the gas might run out before the boast does in the next round of conversation down the chicken shop.
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