Jamie Hanton

At a BBQ: Bruce: “Oh bro, my girlfriend just gave my last Woodstock to her Uncle Jim.”
Bryce: “Bro, gutted / guttered.”

Facebook statuses frequently feature this term, personally I hate it and think it should be left in the earlier part of this decade last millennium with “stoked”, but that’s just me.

The differentiation in spelling does raise an interesting point on meaning though. I’d always imagined it as “Gutted” - the feeling when your insides have been ripped out by a stray marlin on a fushing trup. And frankly I shuddered when I saw people using “guttered” - bastardising the already bastard-like, that’s not very fair is it?

But perhaps the term could be revived under a revised definition / pronunciation. Really get stuck into the r’s in “guttered” - almost stick tiered in there, like a multi-tiered wedding cake. I think this would go some way in developing the potential to use guttered. It has hobo / wino connotations which are more favourable with a white-liberal crowd no?

I mean, gutted has been flogged to the point of unbearable impotence. Guttered on the other hand, could mean sidelined, neglected, rejected, abused, left in a gutter…need I go on?

Later at the contemporary art gallery: Brice: “Oh, dude I forgot to pick up that Bill Hammond I saw on the floor on Friday.”
Breece: “Oh dude, gut-tiered.”

Or perhaps the term just needs to be guttered.