Meaning:
To look totally exhausted or ill.
Background:
The earliest use found is in the Soldier's War Slang Dictionary, published in
1939.
Soon after Ngaio Marsh used it in Death and the Dancing Footman (942): "I look
like death warmed up and what I feel is nobody's business."
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For the classroom fatty, PE tests were a daymare. He'd fail everything: running,
jumping, shot-putting, pullups, pushups, ab curls, you name it.
He dreaded the most the 1000 meter run where the boys set off for two and a half
laps. It felt all too soon that everyone else finished in time and in grace and
he alone was left in a humiliating race with himself. Here, he was paying for
yesterday's top spots in English and math, for which he had paid dearly and now
he was paying more. Under a scorching afternoon sky, a short plump kid inched
his way along the baked dusty dirt track, his heart thumping, his head aching,
and every step a shot of pain, toward the degrading and inevitable F.
As long as he didn't quit, the teacher had to wait just to record a failing time
at the finish line. A few classmates would circusee in the nearby shade,
watching death warmed up. Even the giggles from the girls playing across the
field sounded condemning: "You, the clumsy boy who made last, nobody wants you.
You are out of the gene pool."
injuries. Otherwise, we are fine so far this winter. Take care.
plump:
adj: well filled out or rounded in form, somewhat fleshy or fat
verb : to become plump, to make plump
to plump up the sofa pillows
thumping:
1 : of, like or pertaining to a thump
2: striking great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding
thump:
verb
to strike, beat, or fall heavlily,with a dull sound.
to walk with heavy steips;pound
Meaning:
To look totally exhausted or ill.
Background:
The earliest use found is in the Soldier's War Slang Dictionary, published in
1939.
Soon after Ngaio Marsh used it in Death and the Dancing Footman (942): "I look
like death warmed up and what I feel is nobody's business."
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For the classroom fatty, PE tests were a daymare. He'd fail everything: running,
jumping, shot-putting, pullups, pushups, ab curls, you name it.
He dreaded the most the 1000 meter run where the boys set off for two and a half
laps. It felt all too soon that everyone else finished in time and in grace and
he alone was left in a humiliating race with himself. Here, he was paying for
yesterday's top spots in English and math, for which he had paid dearly and now
he was paying more. Under a scorching afternoon sky, a short plump kid inched
his way along the baked dusty dirt track, his heart thumping, his head aching,
and every step a shot of pain, toward the degrading and inevitable F.
As long as he didn't quit, the teacher had to wait just to record a failing time
at the finish line. A few classmates would circusee in the nearby shade,
watching death warmed up. Even the giggles from the girls playing across the
field sounded condemning: "You, the clumsy boy who made last, nobody wants you.
You are out of the gene pool."
injuries. Otherwise, we are fine so far this winter. Take care.
He dreaded the most the 1000 meter run where the boys set off for two and a half
laps. It felt all too soon that everyone else finished in time and in grace and
he alone was left in a humiliating race with himself. Here, he was paying for
yesterday's top spots in English and math, for which he had paid dearly and now
he was paying more. Under a scorching afternoon sky, a short plump kid inched
his way along the baked dusty dirt track, his heart thumping, his head aching,
and every step a shot of pain, toward the degrading and inevitable F.
As long as he didn't quit, the teacher had to wait just to record a failing time
at the finish line. A few classmates would circusee in the nearby shade,
watching death warmed up. Even the giggles from the girls playing across the
field sounded condemning: "You, the clumsy boy who made last, nobody wants you.
You are out of the gene pool."
plump:
adj: well filled out or rounded in form, somewhat fleshy or fat
verb : to become plump, to make plump
to plump up the sofa pillows
thumping:
1 : of, like or pertaining to a thump
2: striking great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding
thump:
verb
to strike, beat, or fall heavlily,with a dull sound.
to walk with heavy steips;pound