What it means
Means properly wrecked. Say you’re mangled when you’re off your face drunk, shattered from a grafty day, or generally too rough to be let out in public. It also works for things: a mangled wheel arch, a mangled phone, anything bent or smashed past an easy fix. You’ll hear it in clubs, at festivals, and after dodgy takeaways.
Usage examples
"By midnight I was mangled, chatting bare waffle, tried to high-five the fridge, then woke up on the kitchen tiles beside a sad kebab."
"By the end of the festival we were all mangled, sunburnt and somehow missing one shoe each."
"He came home mangled after the reunion and tried to make toast with the kettle."
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