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Post by patapin on Mar 2, 2016 13:45:51 GMT
Hi everybody, I hope you'll have some fun with this strip: "camped out" is a mystery for me, so I have to guess. Is it something close to "exhausted"? Or maybe it's a play on words, an approximation, something like "kaput"?
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Post by Dil Bert on Mar 2, 2016 17:44:00 GMT
"camped out" is a mystery for me, so I have to guess. Is it something close to "exhausted"? Or maybe it's a play on words, an approximation, something like "kaput"? The meaning is close to exhausted/tired but more specific: in this case, being tired of camping. There are the set phrases "[all] worn out/[all] tuckered out" which mean exhausted/tired. When used with a different word than in the set phrases, the construction is usually used for slight comedic effect, i.e. "I've been cleaning the house for hours and I'm all vacuumed out!"
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Post by patapin on Mar 2, 2016 19:03:30 GMT
Hi Dil Bert, I would never have thought at this. English is a nice language that allows many creations. This sounds now funny for me, too! Thanks.
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