screwed, blued and tattooed en · ADJ
Etymology
From screwed (“fornicated”) + blewed (“blown, experienced fellatio”) + tattooed. Describes the ideal experience of a sailor during a short shore leave.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Placed in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized.
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 10A: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)He 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 92: