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Extremely ugly, busted, broke down, and haggard. "Straight tore up" is the superlative form.
As Kelly fell out of the ugly tree and hit successive branches on the way down, she went from nothing to write home about to ugly to broke down to busted to straight TORE UP!
tore up by Nick D February 10, 2004
Used as a DESCRIPTION

the TORE in "tore up" replaces negative words like "fucked," "beat," and "messed" in a phrase of dissatisfation.

Also used as an ACTION:

Succeeding beyond expectation.
"His grill is tore up!"

"Last night I tore it up! She'll be walkin' funny for at least a week!"
tore up by Busta Crevice May 13, 2005
to get very drunk and pass out.
Meatwad: "Now where's my whisky? im gon'get tore up!"
Ignignokt: "We shall acquire some wine on the way to the mall..."
Err: "And then we can get Tore Up!"
Ignignokt: "And pass out in the hot sun..."
tore up by Devin Gallagher February 12, 2006
Past tense of the infinitive "to tear" paired with preposition "up"; combined to form idiom to describe destruction of either material or intangible condition.
Yo 'sup! I tore up a check I wrote when I realized I had written it for an amount inconsistent with the value of my purchase, mothafucka! It tore up my heart to have wasted the resource! Word!
tore up by Truth2Power August 31, 2004
Having extreme gasto-intestinal discomfort or pain, often resulting in diarreha and or excessive gas.

Usually pronounced as "toe up"
Lindy "what is that smell?"
David "oh just me, that taco bell tore me up last night."
tore up by MH Dave March 2, 2004
Past Participle of: to tare

Completed something with remarkable achievement.
Used in conjunction with a depiction of tearing a piece of paper while saying the phrase.
Yo nigga...I TORE UP dat midterm. *snaps fingers erratically*
tore up by MACKhustlaP December 27, 2005
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The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
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