05-14-2008, 05:55 PM
Well, let me see, I usually think of busted, as caught doing something wrong. Broke is typically used for having no money. Of course, I'm no authority on slang. I'll have to ask my teenagers. 
justontime Wrote:It is quite fitting for the UK at the moment too. In England we refer to bankruptcy as 'going bust' I m not sure if people in US would recognize that term, we may share a language, but we don't always share the same meaning.