Actually I just remembered that, even some 20 years ago (possibly more) in France, we used to describe OP characters in videogames as “craqués”, which could mean “broken” or “cracked”, so I was not weirded out by this one, as the meaning is similar enough.
I wonder how “cracked” came to be and whether this is one of the only contemporary instance where some French slang may have influenced the English one somehow? Probably just a coincidence.
But he was using cracked to describe how good he was. Cracking would make sense, maybe even I’m the crack or some such, but I’m cracked just doesn’t hit with me.
Actually I just remembered that, even some 20 years ago (possibly more) in France, we used to describe OP characters in videogames as “craqués”, which could mean “broken” or “cracked”, so I was not weirded out by this one, as the meaning is similar enough.
I wonder how “cracked” came to be and whether this is one of the only contemporary instance where some French slang may have influenced the English one somehow? Probably just a coincidence.
But he was using cracked to describe how good he was. Cracking would make sense, maybe even I’m the crack or some such, but I’m cracked just doesn’t hit with me.
So you could say he was all he was cracked up to be