Colloquial and somewhat emphatic; used when someone has absolutely no money.
I'm flat broke right before payday.
My wallet was completely empty.
Katakana spelling sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.
Rare kanji spelling; the reading からっけつ is not obvious from the characters.
Rare kanji spelling; the reading からっけつ is not obvious from the characters.
Likely from 空 (から, 'empty') with an emphatic geminate suffix っけつ, possibly influenced by けつ (slang for 'buttocks' or 'last'), but the exact derivation is uncertain.