Word for the day knackered

[Josiah]

knackered
[nak-erd]

adjective, British Slang.

1. exhausted; very tired:

Holly was really knackered after a 13 hour shift at work.

Word courtesy of Ameriscot.

 

[Raven]

Knackered is used frequently in this area.
Good word for very tired.
Thanks Josiah and Ameriscot.

 

[Bee]

I feel knackered every time I do a bit of gardening.:lol:

A very popular slang word in the U.K.

 

[Cookie]

Not used in Toronto. Usually we say fried or burned out or exhausted. "I am totally fried after my workshift.

 

[Rob]

The rhyming slang version is also common. I've just got back from my cleaning shift and I'm cream-crackered.

 

[hollydolly]

Yup as you say Josiah..that's exactly how we describe someone who is extremely tired or exhausted ( and as Rob says also it can be used as well in Cockney rhyming slang ''I'm cream-crackered'')...it's also used to mean an object that's past it's best or worn out ..for example a garden fork with a broken Tine could be described as knackered, but in this instance the slang version would never be used to describe it.. !!

 

[Josiah]

Thanks Holly for the refinement of meanings from a native speaker.

 

[hollydolly]

You're quite welcome sir.. and as one might say in Buck house..(although I doubt it) ...One is knackered after a very long day hard day so one is orf to bed in a minute gotta be up at 5 am of your earth hours ..nite..fftobed:

 

[Ameriscot]

Origin of knacker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knacker

I've been saying knackered for so long now that it feels strange to say exhausted. It's one of the words I can still say when visiting the US as it's easy to figure out what it means.

 

[GeorgiaXplant]

Knackered is what I am after spending the day playing in the flower garden.

Knackered is what I've been for a while now.

Knackered. In the South, we say plumb wore out. I'm knackered and plumb wore out.

 

[Shirley]

I say, "I'm pooped" or "I'm too pooped to pop."

 

[Capt Lightning]

The 'Knacker man' is a common sight round here. He is by definition a person who slaughters and /or disposes of dead or diseased livestock. Hence "fit for the knacker's yard", meaning "worn-out" .

 

[Cookie]

Thanks, CL - I found out what it meant yesterday, was tempted to post the meaning, but hesitated. Worn out is a nice way of saying something pretty horrible.

 

[Josiah]

Thank you both. I guess many slang expressions derive from the grosser side of life.