adjective General Slang

kippered

· adjective · mancunian

Absolutely knackered — done in.

Definitions

Wiped out, exhausted, finished. The kind of tired where you sit on the edge of the bed and just stare at the floor for ten minutes.

“I've been on me feet since six, I'm absolutely kippered.”

by community

I've been on me feet since six, I'm absolutely kippered.

Linked to 'kip' (sleep). Story goes mill workers would come home, demolish a plate of kippers, and pass out — kippered.

Variants kipped