Pooped
Today I played badminton for a couple hours after playing ping pong for an hour. To make things worse, I didn’t have lunch because of a late meeting. Right now, I am sitting at my desk and I am pooped. My legs are especially tired. But, I also like this feeling. It feels like I did something today.
Pooped (or pooped out) means exhausted or very tired. A number of sources said that it is a North American term. So, I am curious if my friends from other countries also use this word.
Example: I was up all night taking care of my newborn baby. I am pooped but the baby is crying again.
The word, pooped, arose in the mid-twentieth century. Leonard H. Nason served in World War 1, and likely heard the phrase from his American comrades. He wrote “poobed” three times in his novel, Sergeant Eadie (1928). He probably misheard “pooped”. Pooped is attested to 1931.
Poop did not always mean shit. An earlier definition of poop is to break down or stop working. It had the feeling of working too much and giving up. Poop was used as an aviation term for an engine that dies.
See Also: Knackered, Burnt out, Running out of steam, gutted,
For more English phrases and quotes, follow me on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ESL-ToyBox-112152010890485
Reference:
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2017/04/pooped.html
https://www.etymonline.com/word/pooped