adj
brokeback
adj
1
Having a bent or hunched back; broken-down or derelict.
"The old brokeback barn leaned dangerously in the wind."
How to Use Brokeback
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBent, broken-down, or run-down, as if the "back" of something has given way.
When to use it
Fairly rare outside of regional dialect or as a cultural reference to the film.
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Etymology
A compound of "break" and "back," first used in the 1940s for a hunched or bent back; it entered wider popular use after the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain.