Adjective, nonfunctional, in need of repair.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 02, 2008
Adjective: totally nonfunctional, beyond repair.
Used to refer to a machine that is not just broken but which cannot be repaired.
Used to refer to a machine that is not just broken but which cannot be repaired.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 04, 2008
Adjective: Broken, nonfunctional
Colloquial term which can be used to describe things that are in pieces as busted dishes, but is more commonly used especially to describe mechanical devices that do no longer work.
Colloquial term which can be used to describe things that are in pieces as busted dishes, but is more commonly used especially to describe mechanical devices that do no longer work.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 04, 2008
Adjective: Happy, elated, exuberant, in a fine state physically and emotionally, couldn't feel better, fit as a fiddle.
Rural Midwestern expression.
Rural Midwestern expression.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 04, 2008
Adjective, nonfunctional, in need of repair.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 04, 2008
Adjective: Set for life, established, successful, elated, on cloud nine.
Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Once you pass the bar exam, you're home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 04, 2008
Adjective: Purchased, bought rather than home made.
Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
by Ann Pearl Owen April 02, 2008