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banjaxed

/ˈbændʒækst/BAN-jakst

ProblemsObjectsExhaustionEveryday speech

Local meaning

Broken, ruined, exhausted, or no longer functioning properly.

Banjaxed can describe a machine, plan, institution, body, or person. With people it often means exhausted or physically wrecked; with objects it means badly broken or unusable.

Examples in context

  1. The washing machine is banjaxed again.
  2. After that hike I was completely banjaxed.

How it is used

The target reveals whether the meaning is mechanical damage, a failed plan, or personal exhaustion.

Tone

Frustrated, comic, emphatic, or matter-of-fact.

Setting

Repairs, work, sport, travel, politics, and everyday complaints.

Audience

Commonly understood in Ireland; naturalness varies by region, generation, and relationship.

Watch for

It is informal and can overstate a minor problem for comic effect.

Spelling and scope

Contemporary Irish English, with regional and generational variation.

Search and reference forms
banjaxbanjaxingcompletely banjaxed

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Common patterns

  • completely banjaxed
  • the thing is banjaxed
  • banjaxed after work

Read next

All words →
Adjectiveknackered

Very tired, worn out, or exhausted.

Adverb / adjectivearseways

Wrongly arranged, badly handled, reversed, confused, or in a complete mess.

Noun / placeholder wordyoke

A thing, object, device, or person whose exact name is unknown, forgotten, or unnecessary.

Exclamation / verb / intensifierfeck

A mild-to-strong exclamation or verb used in place of a more explicit swear word.

Evidence and further reading

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