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banjaxed
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Broken, wrecked, ruined; of a person, exhausted. The washing machine is banjaxed, the plan is banjaxed, and after the week you have had, so are you.
Irish in origin and used the length of the island, banjaxed covers machinery that has given up and people who have. Its etymology is genuinely unknown, which feels right for a word about things beyond repair.
Banjaxed in a sentence
Things are banjaxed when they are broken; people are banjaxed when they are wrecked. Both uses are everyday.
The lawnmower coughed once and died mid-stripe.
Up at five with the dog, asleep at the dinner table by seven.
The telly gave up at kick-off.
Common questions
What does banjaxed mean?
Broken, wrecked or ruined. A machine can be banjaxed, a plan can be banjaxed, and a person can be banjaxed after a long week.
Can a person be banjaxed?
Yes. Said of people it means exhausted, done in, fit for nothing.
Where does banjaxed come from?
Ireland, in the early twentieth century; the OED marks the origin unknown, perhaps originally Dublin slang. Beyond that, nobody knows.
How do you use banjaxed in a sentence?
"The washing machine is banjaxed" or "I am absolutely banjaxed".
Before the room's banjaxed
Mortified
The dignity-shredding party game.
Mortified is a party game for the start of the night, not the end of it. Your name lands on the screen, the room writes answers in secret, and the reveal does the rest. One person buys, the whole room plays.
Sorting a games night? The games night guide has a game for every room.
See also
- wick /wɪk/ adjective Rubbish, useless, disappointing. Where banjaxed is broken, wick merely let you down.
- melter /ˈmɛl.tər/ noun A person who does your head in. A leading cause of feeling banjaxed.
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