ferkakdeh
n.— «Ferkakdeh is Yiddish for “completely fucked.”» —“Veibershe shtiklach” by Nick Barrett taliesin (Paris, France) May 21, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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