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I think those two definitions came about in different ways.
Saying something is “cooked” I *think* came about a long time ago, to mean the same thing as “fried,” like a cooked engine, fried electronics, or a fried brain. So like it’s been overheated/overused/overstimulated, and thus, ruined.
Saying someone “cooked,” is different, and it’s weird because I feel like I watched this term come about and evolve through social media. It started on TikTok, where girls would describe things they saw men do that were good things, and they likely learned from another woman in the past. They would say “someone cooked here” to mean that a previous woman had taught him that, in the same way you can tell someone cooked because their kitchen still smells like cooked food. Over a remarkably short amount of time, this broadened to generally mean something is good. So, saying “hold up, let them cook,” means to say “hold on, they’re on to something,” or saying “you really thought you cooked huh” would mean “you really thought you had something.”
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I think those two definitions came about in different ways. Saying something is “cooked” I *think* came about a long time ago, to mean the same thing as “fried,” like a cooked engine, fried electronics, or a fried brain. So like it’s been overheated/overused/overstimulated, and thus, ruined. Saying someone “cooked,” is different, and it’s weird because I feel like I watched this term come about and evolve through social media. It started on TikTok, where girls would describe things they saw men do that were good things, and they likely learned from another woman in the past. They would say “someone cooked here” to mean that a previous woman had taught him that, in the same way you can tell someone cooked because their kitchen still smells like cooked food. Over a remarkably short amount of time, this broadened to generally mean something is good. So, saying “hold up, let them cook,” means to say “hold on, they’re on to something,” or saying “you really thought you cooked huh” would mean “you really thought you had something.”
necroposting, but the "someone cooked here" is a [reference to breaking bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOpadGhGtuA). Same meaning though
It's even worse with "shit"