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Author:  RangerDave [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:19 am ]
Post subject:  Broken or Busted?
When referring to an item that is damaged/inoperable, do you say it's "broken" or "busted"?
Author:  Micheal [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:59 am ]
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Broken, busted has another meaning altogether.
Author:  Midgen [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:01 pm ]
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I probably use Broken, but Busted might happen too, depending on context, who I'm talking to, etc...
Author:  Arathain Kelvar [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:09 pm ]
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busted involves cops.

otherwise, broken.
Author:  Aizle [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:15 pm ]
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I personally typically say broken. However, busted also works depending on audience.
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:43 pm ]
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Either, but with a heavy preference towards Broken.

I'm terrible at these sorts of dialect-driven questions, because I spent my formative years in a linguistic melting pot whereby I recognize and accept as valid multiple options.
Author:  Numbuk [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Broken or Busted?
When I worked at an Online company located here in America back in 1996, I heard another tech describe a customer's inoperable computer as "hosed." That was the first time I ever heard that word used in that way. I immediately fell in love with it and have used it very much often since.

Edit: The tech using the term hosed was directed towards me, not the customer. Though, many other awesome things were exchanged between techs and customers at that time. One of my favorites was, and here I am very much going off on a tangent...

Spoiler:
At a time when the internet was still very new to people in 1996/97:

Man, probably in his early twenties after I resolved his issue: "So, what else is good about this software by this Online company here in America?"

Me: "Well, everything is regulated so you know you're safe. All files are scanned for viruses, all areas (save for some unmoderated chat rooms) are safe to explore. You won't find porn on it, unlike the internet itself."

Man in real, unfeigned, earnest surprise: "There's porn?!"

Me: "Yes, when you enter the internet itself it exists out there but not inside..."

Man: "Wha.... How do I get to the porn?!"

Me: "If you click on blah and go to blah it will take you to the regular internet and you can find there if you choose to."

Man: "Click what now?! Where is this again?! (Most people only had one phone line) What do I do?!?!"

Me: "Once you go here and here you can go and search for it."

Man: "Ok. But what do I do to search?! Where is it?!"

Me: "Just go to Alta Vista (who remembers that?) and do a search. I am sure you will find it. That's about as much as I can help you."

Man desperate: "But what do I need to do...."
Author:  Stathol [ Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:48 pm ]
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I use "hosed" quite a bit. Also "horked".
Author:  Rynar [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:36 am ]
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Dead, burned out, blown up.
Author:  Midgen [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:41 am ]
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Stathol wrote:
I use "hosed" quite a bit. Also "horked".


I thought it was spelled 'horqued' ? :p
Author:  Shelgeyr [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re:
Midgen wrote:
I probably use Broken, but Busted might happen too, depending on context, who I'm talking to, etc...
This.
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Re:
Midgen wrote:
Stathol wrote:
I use "hosed" quite a bit. Also "horked".


I thought it was spelled 'horqued' ? :p

It is now.
Author:  Micheal [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:37 pm ]
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Busted flat in Baton Rogue, waiting on a train.

Busted has many meanings, sans money is a major segment of the definition.
Author:  Shelgeyr [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:01 pm ]
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If a radio looks fine but doesn't work, it's broken.
If the radio is laying on the floor in pieces, it's busted.

There are probably a lot more "rules" in my brain, and most of them probably make even less sense than this, but this is the only one of which I'm actually consciously aware.
Author:  Midgen [ Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:28 pm ]
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So, "busted" is what happens to the radio when you turn it on and find out it's "broken", then throw it against the wall in frustration?
Author:  Shelgeyr [ Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:13 am ]
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That's one totally valid possibility :)
Author:  Screeling [ Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:19 am ]
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To me:
Busted - damaged by external source
Broken - damaged by either external source or just fell apart.
Author:  Müs [ Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:41 pm ]
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I don't use busted at all. Broken, sure. Hosed, horqued, trashed etc.

Most of the time, its either broken or its ****.
Author:  DFK! [ Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re:
Screeling wrote:
To me:
Busted - damaged by external source
Broken - damaged by either external source or just fell apart.


+1
Author:  Diamondeye [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:57 am ]
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Isn't "horked" what happens if you're attacked by a horker?
Author:  Khross [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Broken or Busted?
It depends; busted an acceptable colloquialism.
Author:  Kairtane [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:52 pm ]
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Things get broken, people get busted.
Author:  Lex Luthor [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:13 am ]
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FUBAR
Author:  Micheal [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:42 am ]
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FUBAR? Def: Fu...d Up Beyond All Recognition.

Why?
Author:  Raell [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:45 am ]
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Because it was the one funny thing in the movie Tango & Cash.
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