Meaning of cactused | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Featuring a cactus or cacti.
2. Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.
   Australia, slang
3. In trouble, screwed.
   Australia, slang

Examples

“I could not imagine Cadwallader Davies the grocer, in his near-to-waking dream, riding on horseback, two-gunned and Cody-bold, through the cactused prairies.”

“On top it's a dry cactused area inhabited by typical upper desert creatures such as kangaroo rats and collared lizards.”

“Ponderosa forests, open meadows, cactused badlands, and river-carved sedimentary layers make appearances.”

“My computer is cactused.”

“His high spirits descended temporarily. 'It took me thirty minutes to get her going again. The lift pump is cactused.'”

“the only time this does not work is when my DNS name server is cactused (which happens once or twice a year.)”

“Maintenance has never been my favorite pursuit, and many of these repairs were complex and demanding, often requiring pulling parts off a cactused bike, and refitting them to a salvageable one.”

“'Mini — and that's managed by the Germans, by BMW. I tell you, Walshie, a lot of car makers around the world are cactussed. We're not Robinson Crusoe. But if times are tough now, what'll they be like when the Chinese arrive? If the UK's down to one profitable car maker. D'you think we can possibly hold on to four?'”

“Good thing somebody figured out the radio, otherwise you all would have been cactused, in a remote location like that, mate.”

“The purpose of today's column is to cheer us both up, despite the inescapable fact the world is f..ked, not to mention cactused, knackered, stuffed, rooted and ruined”

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