Meanings
- idiomaticslangvulgarPlaced in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized.
The Canadians were hosed. They were screwed, blued and tattooed.
2006 Feb. 8, Terry Jones, "Is the fix in? The judging scandal that rocked figure skating, Edmonton Sun (Canada) (retrieved 23 July 2013)2 more examples
Bubba is already getting shafted—as he says himself, screwed, blued and tattooed.
1993 October 27, Molly Ivins, “Nafta Will Bring Lower Wages”, in Gainesville Sun, retrieved 23 Jul 2013, page 10AHe wailed, “I've been had, snookered, fucked, screwed, blued, and tattooed!”
2008, Riki Ott, Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 92Synonyms: screwed, glued and tattooed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePlaced in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized.
Origin
From screwed (“fornicated”) + blewed (“blown, experienced fellatio”) + tattooed. Describes the ideal experience of a sailor during a short shore leave.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
screwed, blued and tattooed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwed%2C%20blued%20and%20tattooed
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