Would this be related to _toast_? Peter R. On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Michael Quinion wrote: > I'm writing a piece about the slang term "cooked" - in the sense of > exhausted, tired out, done in. Can anybody tell me whether it is > currently much known in North America? (Researching it online is > sense "be in an inescapably bad situation". Obviously related, but > no cigar.