A fork of Rural Dictionary
lower midwestern slang, synonymous with “fucked up”, “crazy”, “stupid”, “ridiculous”
used predominately in missouri (particularly in kc/stl)
“Have you seen Dave? I’ve heard he’s been on some ate up shit lately.”
“Yeah, I saw him digging through the trash at the McDonald’s on Broadway the other day.”
“Damn, dude, that’s ate up!”
St. Louis Slang term - Someone or Something that is Ate Up is one or multiple of the following
High
Stupid
Drunk
Funny in a dumb/dangerous way
Carl: bro did you see What happened at the party? Billy snorted some rops and jumped off his roof
Carl 2: lmfaoooo that boy billy Ate the fuck up
Alyssa: I drank an entire 5th with Alissa last night and slept with my head half way in the toilet
Allisa: that’s some ate up shit right there
Typically a phrase used mostly by military personnel to refer to a person or organization as inefficient, derelict, etc.
Sheriff Gene Mitchell’s office and jail are ate up man. It’s a circus.