Blanked

tufguy · May 16, 2014

Hi guys,

We say "I got confused but can we say I got blanked or do we need to say I got blank"?

Raymott · May 16, 2014

"I got blank" and "I got blanked" are meaningless unless you define what 'blank' is supposed to mean. It could be one or the other, or both.

MikeNewYork · May 16, 2014

Normally, we would say, "my mind went blank".

lotus888 · May 16, 2014

Sometimes we say, "I was confused, my mind just blanked out."

--lotus

Roman55 · May 16, 2014

I am not a teacher.

In informal BrE, to blank means to ignore deliberately so, "I got blanked" means "I was ignored".

tufguy · May 17, 2014

OK so, if I say "I got blanked" so that means "I was ignored by someone.

Tdol · May 18, 2014

It would probably be better to say xxx blanked me.

tufguy · May 20, 2014

OK like John blanked me?

MikeNewYork · May 20, 2014

In AmE, that phrase would likely be interpreted as "blanked" being a substitute for an obscenity. We do not usually use "blanked" for "ignored".

Tdol · May 20, 2014

tufguy said:
OK like John blanked me?

Yes (in BrE)