pooped
Who taught: Kelly, Phil, Amber and Tami
Let me ask you a question, my non-native English speaking friends! When you are tired, what you do say? I know I know… It’s a dumb question. You have said and would say “I am tired,” right?
Have you ever tried some other ones?
To be honest, I personally have not used any other expressions than “tired” because I do not know them until two days ago.
Two days ago, I invited my friends, Phil and Kelly, to my house to have dinner together. It was perfect to grill. We had a great evening together, eating steaks and talking about how long it has been since we met for the first time five years ago. It is so precious to have wonderful friends. Thank you, Phil and Kelly, for always being there! It’s been so awesome and I am sure we will have great friendship for a long time. One day, when we are all over 80, we will have a lot to talk about. Hope that day would come very slowly! 🙂
So, it was a long weekday and naturally, after dinner, we all felt tired. At that moment, Kelly said, “Oh… I am pooped.”
When I heard, it was pretty clear what she really meant but I wanted to make sure. “What did you say, Kelly? Pooped? P O O P?,” I said.
What would you think when you heard someone says, “I am pooped?” The first thing I had in my mind was that someone really threw poop at Kelly and she got covered with poop. Oh no… that’s terrible, right?
But, it turns out that’s just another expression to mean “tired.” Why? I do not know but I also heard from Tami and Amber that people also say “I am too pooped to pop” and that expression is from the old cartoon, “Tho Popples.”
I have never seen that cartoon and I feel like I should watch it to be able to fully understand and feel this expression. If you can find any video of the cartoon where any character uses this specific expression, please share it with us?
I am sure we all feel pooped by the end of today but thankfully it is Friday. TGIF! Hope you get to enjoy a beautiful weekend! See you next week, my friends!
Oh man, the Popples!!!!!!! I used to have a Popples bedspread and curtains!!!! I havent thought about that in years!!!!!!!!
LOL Popples! Love that cartoon
Based on Kelly’s and your comments, it sounds like the show is fun to watch.
After reading Kelly’s comment, I automatically tried to find the ‘like’ button to click. Darn Facebook! However,the picture you posted is so cute.
I often say “I’m pooped” and every time Stella looks at me and says “Mommy poopy?”. I’m trying to stop saying it around her because it’s too confusing for her haha
Stella and I need to watch the Popples together to understand the expression. 🙂