Where Did Hopped up Come from?

The first records of the term hopped-up come from the 1920s. Its senses involving excitement and stimulation by drugs emerged around the same time. Its use to describe someone on drugs may derive from the use of the noun hop to refer to a narcotic, especially opium.

What does being hopped up on goofballs mean?

: Maybe someone else can fill in the rest. "Hopped up" = "under the influence of narcotics; drugged" (Dict. of Amer. Slang; first quotation 1930; "orig. addict use, now some general use and almost no addict use"; derivative meanings also given, such as "excited; enthusiastic").

What does hopped mean slang?

1a : full of enthusiasm or excitement also : overly excited. b : being under the influence of a narcotic. c : more exciting or attractive than normal or usual.