banjaxed


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ban·jax

 (băn′jăks′)
tr.v. ban·jaxed, ban·jax·ing, ban·jax·es Chiefly Irish Slang
To ruin or destroy: "Having to pay for Emma's lodgings every week had completely banjaxed his finances" (Edna O'Brien).

[Origin unknown.]
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banjaxed

(ˈbændʒækst)
adj
informal US destroyed or ruined
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banjaxed

adj (inf) machinekaputt (inf)
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But the move could have been banjaxed on his first road trip to Belfast.
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By getting banjaxed out of their heads on tequila in Thailand for a month?
She doesn't really like him much anyway (his Range Rover totally banjaxed her car).
Once you pass that threshold, I am pretty certain that you cease to either know or care what day of the week it is - never mind the fact that your plans for a turkey dinner and a Bond binge have been banjaxed. To conflate the two issues - albeit with the best intentions - marks you out as naive, at best.
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