cactused

The English word “cactused” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

Etymology

From cactus + -ed. Australian colloquialism may have originated as a result of the Australian prickly pear plague in the early 20th century, which overran farmland, making it unusable.

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