Is Knackered a Bad Word?
As a Phrase, Knackered Is Not for Polite Use, but Not Offensive Either. It's the Sort of Thing You'd Say to a Friend in a Bar After a Hard Day, Rather Than to...
As a phrase, knackered is not for polite use, but not offensive either. It's the sort of thing you'd say to a friend in a bar after a hard day, rather than to your boss. But it's pleasingly full of those hard consonants that the best swear words seem to rely on.
Is knackered a slang word?
adjective British Slang. exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
Is Prat a bad word?
According to Oxford Dictionaries, we started using “prat” to mean idiot in 1960, but before that, it was a 16th century word for buttocks. So when you call someone a prat, you're also calling them an arse.