Drabble for knackered (UK)
Summary: A younger Jack learns a new word while on a training course.
Author's notes: thought that it would be fun to explore the different meanings of this week's word. I didn't know it meant inebriated in the USA. Strange. Written 5th September 2004
Terminology by Roo
"I'm bloody knackered!" said Steve, my tent mate, a Brit SAS officer on an exchange scheme.
How could he be drunk? We've been practising defusing and laying minefields all week, with excursions into claymores and C4. In darkness, in daylight, under fire, time trials. Solo and team competitions up the ante. Nothing like rivalry to get people going.
Belly crawling, knee rubbing, back breaking stuff.
But fun.
"'Scuse me?" I say.
"Exhausted, can't move another muscle. Bone weary."
"Oh. Here it means drunk, inebriated." I reply.
"How, when!" he laughs.
"Exactly. Interesting variation though."
"Prefer our version." he says finally.