Tom watches LOTS of British Television and we usually wonder what some of the slang terms mean. So, today, we'll teach you another one (See yesterday's blog for "chuffed.")Today's word is gutted
If something greatly displeases you in British English, you might say you're gutted. To American English ears, gutted calls to mind something many may indeed find displeasing: when the guts of an animal, like a fish, have been removed for cooking.
But, in the UK, gutted isn't so fishy. It means "very upset" or "disappointed." The slang, found in the 1970s, is thought to originate from the notion of being sick to one's guts.
If your partner dumps you or your bestie doesn't get that new job? You're absolutely gutted.
