Cooked
'You're cooked' means you're finished, in serious trouble, or there's no saving the situation — a declaration of doom with zero hope of recovery.
Definition
Cooked means you're finished, doomed, or beyond saving — there's no good way out. 'You're cooked' / 'we're cooked' is a blunt call that a situation is unwinnable (failed exam, lost game, caught lie, career-ending moment). Common in gaming and everyday internet speech; often delivered calmly for comic doom. Related forms include 'cooking' (doing well) vs. already being cooked (too late).
History
British and Australian English use 'cooked' informally to mean mentally exhausted or done. The specific internet usage — meaning hopelessly finished or doomed — spread through gaming communities and Australian/British social media, then went global via TikTok in the early 2020s. The word's rise aligned with growing internet culture around 'doomer' humor and the appeal of blunt, resigned assessments of bad situations.
Cultural scores
Editorial estimates of cultural weight — Current Popularity tracks how much people are posting about this now, not historical fame.
Current Popularity = how actively people are posting about this today. Influence = lasting footprint. Cringe = online reception. Brainrot = absurdist energy. How scoring works
Examples
- “You realize five minutes before a deadline you haven't started: 'We are so cooked'”
- “'Our team just lost two starters to injury before the playoffs' → 'Cooked'”
- “Watching your health bar disappear in a game: 'I'm literally cooked'”
- “Finding out the printer is broken before a big presentation: 'We are cooked fr'”
Related entries
Culturally linked — not random recommendations.
W / Dub
SlangA 'W' (win) represents a victory, good outcome, or correct decision — the opposite of an 'L' (loss). 'Dub' is an alternate form of the same concept.
Crash Out
SlangAAVE-rooted slang for losing control — acting recklessly, impulsively, or violently without caring about the consequences.
Ratio
SlangOn X (formerly Twitter), when a reply gets significantly more likes or engagement than the original post — the reply has 'ratioed' the original, signaling broad disagreement with the tweet.
Touch Grass
Slang'Touch grass' is a dismissal telling someone to go outside and experience the real world — used when someone is clearly spending too much time online or getting too worked up about internet events.
L
SlangA loss, failure, or embarrassing outcome — the internet's single-letter verdict on defeat.
LARP
SlangLive Action Role Play — used online to accuse someone of performing a persona they don't genuinely live.
References
Sources behind this entry. Prefer primary reporting and established culture archives over rumor.
- Cooked — Wiktionary
en.wiktionary.org