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ConnectWord · Ages 11-25 · In use

cooked

In serious trouble or done for, usually as an exaggeration. Let him cook means the opposite: let him keep going, he's doing great.

I didn't study at all. I'm cooked.

For parents and educators

Almost always dramatic exaggeration about a test or a game.

Where it came from

Spread through sports and gaming talk on TikTok in 2023 and 2024.

Also heard as

I'm cooked, we're cooked, let him cook

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