Screwed. An uncomfortable situation. In a bad situation that seems to have no way out. Comes from one of two meanings:
1) To have figuratively taken it up the ass (the hoop).
2) railway terminology where new (additional) work orders were passed along to a train crew. The orders were printed on paper, tied with string, and held up high on the end of a pole. The string had a loop for the
trainman to
lean out of the window of a moving train and aim his arm through
the loop (hoop) to get the orders.
"How you gonna explain that to your wife?"
"I dunno man, I'm hooped."
Yardmaster: "Theres more work for you down the line."
Conductor:"Damn, Why can't we
tie up and go home?"
Yardmaster: "I got the orders from above. I'll hoop them up to you."
Trainman to Conductor after grabbing order successfully: "We're hooped"
