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p*** off: varying usages
nullspace Started conversation Oct 4, 2003
I'm interested in the British usage of the term "p*** off," as it strikes me as being totally different from the usage that's prevalent in the US.
I understand that it is, or has been, a dire insult in the Home Islands, but i'm not really clear as to why. Could someone elucidate for me?
Here in the Colonies, "p***ed-off," or simply "pissed," refers to being annoyed or angered in a very general sense.
"Pissed," of course, also means inebriated, but its usage in that sense is almost nonexistent here.
Aside: The term "butt-naked" is a variation of "buck-naked" or (in the vernacular) "buck-nekkid."
TIA,
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p*** off: varying usages
abcB Posted Oct 4, 2003
Telling someone to 'p*** off' in the UK is a milder way of telling them to 'f*** off', to 'sod off' or to 'go away'.
If someone is 'p**ssed', they are drunk.
'P**ssing', 'taking a p**s' or 'having a p**s' is to urinate.
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