I’m cooked

When you are hitting the gym too hard and you realize that everyone and everything around you is praying on your downfall

Damn you see Fern over there? Yesterday he was telling me “I’m cooked”.

by Kanye THE south April 22, 2024

Cooking the books

when a postal employee has little to no mail for a day, yet they stay out past 8 hours anyway.

204b- Whats taking so long today Dave?
Dave- Just out here cooking the books!

by Unknownpostman October 7, 2021

You are Cooked

A term that refers to when you are completely screwed and are in a terrible situation.

Synonym for: You are done for.

"It is 11:40pm and you only finished 10% of the homework due at 11:59pm. You aren't finishing that, you are cooked!"

by salam25 September 8, 2025

Cooking

When one is making progress or doing something right.

Hold on, he's cooking.

Someone cooked here.

by shit_on_your_forehead December 19, 2022

Cooking

Derived from the phrase "Get cooking", it means to drive fast

Synonymous with phrases like "hammer down", "pedal to the metal", etc.

You're running late, you better get cooking.

by Russellsroughneck July 30, 2023

hooks and cooks

optimum heat.

A hot, enclosed oven, in which the duck hangs from hooks and cooks by radiant heat, is ideal.

by hooks and cooks guy September 16, 2010

Cooking with a Lead Pan

A metaphor describing a business strategy, decision, or practice that delivers quick or impressive short-term results, but creates serious long-term problems, liabilities, or risks.

Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.

“Launching that product without proper testing might look good on the quarterly report, but we’re cooking with a lead pan if we ignore the long-term brand damage.”

“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”

by deadbeatfarmer October 21, 2025