2007-09-27 20:39:17 · 7 answers · asked by Carrot 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i do know what it means I want to know how the term came around and got used in common language
2007-09-27 22:43:41 · update #1
Presumably from the analogy with having overeaten and feeling unpleasantly full, having "had enough" (really, having had too much).
Dictionary of American Slang: "Since W.W.I, from Brit. slang. Orig. a version of the French 'J'en ai soupé.' In Brit. sl. since c1900. Fig., having a surfeit...."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/50/messages/76.html
2007-09-27 23:33:32 · answer #1 · answered by d_r_siva 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question. What so funny is that it is in the dictionary as a word. You would be surprise how many words have been added to the dictionary.....
2007-09-27 20:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Lady B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon it is an abreviation for 'fed up to the teeth' meaning
'I can't take any more'. DB
2007-09-27 20:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/fed+up+to+the+back+teeth.html
2007-09-27 22:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
english
2007-09-27 21:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
too much to condone, of an annoying thing
2007-09-27 20:44:32 · answer #6 · answered by dviakal78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cant take any more.
2007-09-27 22:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋