I don't understand this sentence

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"He's a former tech boom with a kid of put all wrong."What in the world does the later half part of the sentence mean?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

It just seems like nonsense to me.
Where did you find this sentence?

Clive

Chivalry · Answer

CliveHi,It just seems like nonsense to me.
Where did you find this sentence?
Clive

Same to me.

I saw it in the substitles in a TV show, spoken by a person who uses a lot of British expressions.

And let me offer more context if it helps:"He's former tech boom with a kid of put all wrong, a pain in the a$. If you emptied everyone at this party's bank account, it wouldn't even knock up to the interest he makes in a week."

The interpretation indicates that the sentence means that he's a technology geek who's socially-inert, but according to my experiences, this could still be wrong. Anyway, I guess if nobody can recognize what it means, then it must be a typo in the substitles.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Yes. Just sounds all wrong.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

There may be just a single word mis-spelled here:  "with" should be "whiz".  Then everything seems to make sense.  So:  "He's a former tech boom whiz, a kid of 'put all wrong,' a pain in the ****.  If you emptied everyone at this party's bank account, it wouldn't knock up to the interest he makes in a week."

Chivalry · Answer

AnonymousThere may be just a single word mis-spelled here: "with" should be "whiz". Then everything seems to make sense. So: "He's a former tech boom whiz, a kid of 'put all wrong,' a pain in the ****. If you emptied everyone at this party's bank account, it wouldn't knock up to the interest he makes in a week."

A kid of put all wrong?
I didn't think it was a grammatically correct expression for saying that somebody's wrong from every single aspect.

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