Toasted
Posted by R. Berg on February 26, 2004
In Reply to: Toasted posted by Rude Boy on February 26, 2004
: : : : I keep reading posts on some forums about a person is toast. I need meanings and derivation of 'toast'. I can only arrive that 'toast' is finished. Thanks in advance.
: : : "Finished" is the correct meaning. Declaring a person to be toast means the person is (or, usually, will be) "cooked," done for, all over, washed up.
: : I've seen the phrase used in contexts where the meaning seems to be that you will be going to hell (where you'll be turned into toast). SS
: Just as well that they didn't say 'roast' - a whole new meaning to 'my boss gave me a roasting'...
Just a guess: Could the phrase have begun in police or court jargon and referred to execution in the electric chair?