Monday 14 May 2012

Favourite words - English - Banjaxed

I used the word "banjaxed" in a recent post.
Love that word.
I was using it in the context of "broken down, ruined or completely useless". Examples would be "my phone is banjaxed" or "the economy is banjaxed".
But it has other usages including a person being completely exhausted. An example would be "I'm completely banjaxed after that".
The origins are unclear apparently but it is of Irish origin.
This is the first of what I am planning to be a short series of postings to feature my favourite words in various languages.