1.) Said of a thin, flexible
material affixed to another material, with a
permanent adhesive.
Plastic films may be laminated to
wood to protect or decorate it;
clear plastic is commonly laminated to
paper documents to
protect them; and laminates of
cloth,
paper,
foil, and
plastic films are used in
signage,
stickers,
photographic film, electrical
cable shield, specialty
tapes,
sail cloth,
and much more.
2.)
Intoxicated with
fumes of
aromatic hydrocarbons, such as
toluene or
MEK. Misusing said substances is called
huffing. A play on the
alcohol culture term "
plastered", workers in the
tape and laminate industry frequently use (and abuse) aromatic hydrocarbons as
solvents.
"Dude, I was washing down the rollers with MEK for hours, and by the time the shift was over, I was totally laminated.