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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Carousel four is tapped out.

Dear all,

Would you possibly help me with this?

In the TV show (how I met your mother)

Ted and Barney go to an airport to pick up some girls. In the airport, they have a conversation;

Barney: okay, "carousel four is tapped out". "Ready"? Cause I'm about to drop some knowledge. Cute girls are not from Buffalo.

I found this definition from a dictionary:

out of money : broke. 2. : spent, exhausted <tapped out after months on the road>

Would you please tell me what tapped out means?

One more question;
Why did Barney say: ready?
Do we use it before saying something surprising?
  

Top answer

Mike2015 Would you please tell me what tapped out means? Exhausted, finished: he has tried meeting all the girls there. Do we use it before saying something surprising?

— Mister Micawber

  • Mike2015 Would you please tell me what tapped out means?
  • Exhausted, finished: he has tried meeting all the girls there.
  • Do we use it before saying something surprising?
  • Barney uses it, but most of us do not.
  • It is also informal between friends.
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Mike2015Would you please tell me what tapped out means?
Exhausted, finished: he has tried meeting all the girls there.
Mike2015Why did Barney say: ready?Do we use it before saying something surprising?
Barney uses it, but most of us do not. It is also informal between friends.
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