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banjax

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22
Words With Friends
26
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/ (UK)
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/ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/ (UK) · /bænˈd͡ʒæks/ (UK)

Definition of banjax

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (UK, slang)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.”
    “Indeed, it seemed that the army was hopelessly banjaxed.”
    “Emma had suggested that you hide, said your presence might banjax her position.”
    “Fraser was looking at the flat, wet countryside and thinking about the French policeman who had banjaxed him with the truncheon.”
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjax.”
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verb

  1. (UK, slang)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.”
    “Indeed, it seemed that the army was hopelessly banjaxed.”
    “Emma had suggested that you hide, said your presence might banjax her position.”
    “Fraser was looking at the flat, wet countryside and thinking about the French policeman who had banjaxed him with the truncheon.”
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjax.”

noun

  1. (Ireland, informal)A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence.
    “I'm tellin' you the scholar, Bentham, made a banjax o' th' Will.”

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Etymology

Unknown, perhaps originally Dublin slang. According to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, may be a euphemism for bollocks.

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