Cactused
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Featuring a cactus or cacti.
"I could not imagine Cadwallader Davies the grocer, in his near-to-waking dream, riding on horseback, two-gunned and Cody-bold, through the cactused prairies."
- 2 Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system. Australia, slang
"My computer is cactused."
- 3 In trouble, screwed. Australia, slang
"'Mini — and that's managed by the Germans, by BMW. I tell you, Walshie, a lot of car makers around the world are cactussed. We're not Robinson Crusoe. But if times are tough now, what'll they be like when the Chinese arrive? If the UK's down to one profitable car maker. D'you think we can possibly hold on to four?'"
Example
More examples"I could not imagine Cadwallader Davies the grocer, in his near-to-waking dream, riding on horseback, two-gunned and Cody-bold, through the cactused prairies."
Etymology
From cactus + -ed. Australian colloquialism may have originated as a result of the Australian prickly pear plague in the early 20th century, which overran farmland, making it unusable.
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