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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
re: screwed, blued, and tatooed means severely cheated. The original had "Jewed" instead of "blued", no doubt the change made to mitigate the stereotype and render the phrase more amenable to common use. "Tatooed" in this sense meaning, permanently marked as a gullible idiot.
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Well, I'm glad they changed it. References I found were naval in origin (lovingly screwed, "blued" in naval dress, and tattooed "hey look, I've a ships anchor on my bicep style" - basically, ship-stop completely satiated in-foreign-port, or just fully inducted into the navy).
I'm a gullible idiot. I must get a tattoo. I'm thinking a tail up my back would be nice...
Cheers,
Marc