Rooned

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ruined; utterly spoiled or destroyed. Australia, colloquial, not-comparable

    "There is a sense that 'we'll all be rooned' no matter what action is taken. That the War on Terror is exacerbating the problem rather than alleviating it."

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"There is a sense that 'we'll all be rooned' no matter what action is taken. That the War on Terror is exacerbating the problem rather than alleviating it."

Etymology

From "we'll all be rooned" (i.e. ruined), the refrain of a pessimistic character in John O'Brien's 1921 poem Said Hanrahan.

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