banjax
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banjax
- /ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/ UK, US
- /bænˈd͡ʒæks/ UK, US
Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
Unknown, perhaps originally Dublin slang. According to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, may be a euphemism for bollocks.
verb banjaxes · banjaxing · banjaxed · banjack · bandjax
- To ruin or destroy. I hoofed his backside till he went down all of a heap. That banjaxed his little game. You should have heard his hullabulloo.
noun banjaxes · banjack · bandjax
- A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence. I'm tellin' you the scholar, Bentham, made a banjax o' th' Will.
