What does "washed up" mean?!


Question: What does "washed up" mean!?
As in "Bret Michaels is washed up!."

I see people using this term quite often in this section; I was just wondering what it meant!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


Answers:
Here's the origin of the expression: at the end of the day, workers would wash their hands "all washed up"!.!.!. they were done with work, tired, and had nothing left to do!.!.!. Hence the meaning!.!.!.!. So if an artist is washed up, he's not making anymore good music, and is old and tired!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Means that he is not any good anymore!. But you can't really say that about anybody!. He might surprise you someday!. Alice Cooper seemed to be washed up for several years before a major come back with the song Poison!. Same with Aerosmith before the release of Permanent Vacation!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

washed up it's over, I think it has more to do with sports as the athletic is to old to continue on, or just washed up finished, can't cope no more,
take care
daveWww@Enter-QA@Com

also as in axl rose is washed up

means there an old has been











J/K hahahahhaWww@Enter-QA@Com

"Washed Up" is used when a band/person/athlete is looked as being at the end of their time in the spotlight!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

He's irrelevant!. Basically he's not talented anymore!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

That they aren't good anymore, and are no longer in their prime, but still trying to be as good as they once were!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

no longer successful
not needed
all out of ideas
out of talentWww@Enter-QA@Com

It's a street term meaning he's back on H!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

not good anymoreWww@Enter-QA@Com

It means he/she/they Jumped The Shark!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Something that was good at one time but now sucks!.!.!.

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past his primeWww@Enter-QA@Com

basically it means that that person no longer is good at what he/she doesWww@Enter-QA@Com



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