carked

carked
adj
1.
(of a situation) ruined or destroyed
2.
(of a person) exhausted, pooped This word may simply be an invention, or may be derived from croak, cocked (up) or, more plausibly, cack (excrement, shit, by analogy with poop). It is heard in Britain and Australia, but not in the USA.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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