Etymology

for one's foams

Today it means: Totally or in humiliating fashion, in the context of being wronged or defeated. Full definition →

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Referring to being mugged or killed for one's sneakers, also used in image macros of mortally wounded fictional characters, notably Uncle Ben in the film Spider-Man (2002) with the phrase "They got me for my foams".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.