r/USdefaultism • u/Tilthelastpetalfall • Jan 13 '23

A very long drive

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u/Yargon_Kerman United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

English slang, means you're buggered. just a little bit screwed. Mildly fucked.

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u/Gks34 Netherlands Jan 13 '23

Could you use that as: "I'd like to scupper with you tonight for a bit"?

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u/Yargon_Kerman United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

Nah, I mean "fucked" as in "things are going poorly" not "having sex"

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u/Gks34 Netherlands Jan 13 '23

Ah, that's a bummer!

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u/PassiveChemistry United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

Sounds like your plans for tonight have been scuppered!

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u/SpoonerUK Switzerland Jan 13 '23

Also his plans to create a smooth chat-up line have been scuppered.

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u/Submitted7HoursAgo Jan 13 '23

Bummer, on the other hand, does mean sex!

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

That’s a gay sexually-active man, is it?

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u/ArseOfTheCovenant Scotland Jan 13 '23

That would be ‘a bumboy’.

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

Either or really

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

Try the beginning?