A fork of Rural Dictionary
British idiom for one who has been totally bamboozled or taken advantage of by another.
Friend A: You just bought a gold watch from the street vendor for 100 quid?
Friend B: Yeah, mate, nice watch, isn't it?
Friend A: Eh, boy, you've been done up like a kipper!
When you make someone your fool
Legend: "Want to buy a snowboard?"
Kipper: "sure, how much mate?"
Legend: "£300?"
Kipper: "Awesome"
Legend: "ahh only cost me £200, done you like a kipper!"
Kipper: "Where does that saying come from anyway?"
Legend: "From me when I sold you a snowboard!"
Done up/stiched up like a kipper, surely takes it's meaning from the term red herring, which means to mislead or distract from an important issue, in a trickster style.
A Red Herring, in the literal sense, is a particularly strong smelling fish called a Kipper that has turned a red colour following the smoking process traditionally used to preserve it.
Therefore, to be done or stiched up like a kipper, clearly means to be duped or tricked by false information that was there for all to see, (in hindsight).
For example: when someone purchases an item they believe to be far superior to what it turns out to be, based on the persuasion and false information by the seller.
He was done up like a kipper when he bought that car. Meaning the car was a pile of s*** and he was tricked when he payed top dollar for it.
Blimey yes these drugs are working.
"He doesn't even remember being there..."
"Yeah, he was done up like a kipper"
Hunt the Kipper is part of the trio of party games namely Hide the Salami and Shove Piggy Shove.
Usually uttered at suburban dinner parties post drinks, one of the more drunk males may suggest a game of “Hunt the Kipper” where a blindfolded male may engage in this form of olfactory “hide and seek” seeking out the smelliest fanny in the vicinity.
Slimy fish in Scotland and Boris Johnson wants to marry one because he brought one to a conference.
Hello kipper who do you simp for
Boris Johnson kippers kippers and e
Racial slur used against white people. Very commonly used against white people who publicly act like they're not racist, and are fighting for minorities, when in reality they are actually racist on the inside.
Dave: Oh my god, look at Kristina. She's such a fucking kipper.