stappit fu
adj.— «With more than a little help from my great nephews and great nieces, I have been able to join the world of mp3 and iTunes. My computer is now stappit fu (to use a technical term) of music.» —“Facelifts for fish just go to prove that our health priorities have simply gone down the pan” by Tom Shields Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Sept. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Scots for “stuffed full.”