kaputski
English
Alternative forms
- kaputsky
Etymology
German kaputt (“broken”), via Yiddish קאַפּוט (kaput, “lost, dead”) + -ski (“faux-Russian suffix”), from Russian -ский (-skij, “surname suffix”)
Adjective
kaputski (comparative more kaputski, superlative most kaputski)
- (informal) broken, broken down
- 1996, Mac User - Volume 12
- But because you are so with-it, the recording capabilities of the old Sound control panel are now kaputski under M&S. To record sound with a PCI Power Mac, you have to launch the new SimpleSound DA instead.
- 1996, Mac User - Volume 12