wupped halfway to kingdom come

[Ostap]

Come picture’s end, the bad guy has had his ugly mug wupped halfway to kingdom come -- which hardly seems like ample karmic comeuppance for the rape of the love interest, which never would have happened if Van Damme hadn’t pursued his grudge.

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Hello.

1. Is "wupped" here a typo? If so, what word was meant?

2. Does halfway to kingdom come mean half to death?

 

[emsr2d2]

1. It means "hit". He's had his face beaten.
2. In this context, it means "very badly".

 

[Ostap]

1. It means "hit". He's had his face beaten.
2. In this context, it means "very badly".

Is the actual English word here "whip"?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. It's "whoop" although I've seen it spelled "whup" and now "wup".

 

[Ostap]

Do I correclty understand it refers to his shouting while fighting?

 

[emsr2d2]

No, not at all. It means that someone punched him in the face very violently. He was beaten very badly. There's nothing about shouting involved.

 

[probus]

On a related note, one of my favorite AmE expressions is the threat: open up a can of whoop-ass.

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[jutfrank]

1. to wup/whup somebody is AmE slang, meaning 'to beat somebody'.
2. Read halfway to kingdom come as 'halfway to Heaven'. It just means 'very badly'.

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