ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoI had this conversation last month, also from a 13 yo.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down13
arrow-up1787arrow-down1imageI had this conversation last month, also from a 13 yo.slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoOne’s goose being cooked is an idiom from at least 200 years ago. The transfer of that meaning to generally being a single adjective rather than a full phrase is probably at least 100 years old. And as more evidence, here’s an issue of Boys Life magazine, from August 1938, that uses the phrase “he’s cooked” to describe someone who is going to lose a sporting event. So it’s at least 87 years old, maybe older.
One’s goose being cooked is an idiom from at least 200 years ago. The transfer of that meaning to generally being a single adjective rather than a full phrase is probably at least 100 years old.
And as more evidence, here’s an issue of Boys Life magazine, from August 1938, that uses the phrase “he’s cooked” to describe someone who is going to lose a sporting event. So it’s at least 87 years old, maybe older.