AIBU to be pissed off by people saying they are pissed when they are pissed off?

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I have noticed on here that increasingly people are saying they are pissed instead of pissed off. This pisses me off no end. Pissed means drunk. Pissed off means annoyed. Just wanted to get that off my chest. Doesn't really matter.

It is irritating. Partly because the language differences are a helpful clue to the national/cultural context of a post.

We should all get little flag avatars

Oh, lord, that was funny. I was, indeed, one of twelve bridesmaids at a friend's wedding, bless her heart.

Madam

Gooseberry, you mean like these?

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Pretentious Americanism. Either that, or they're spending more time watching television than they are in having conversations.

It's not as bad as 'boils my piss.' That makes me really pissed (off).

Exactly Pond

I remember an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures where Elmyra Fudd threatened to kicked another character 'in the fanny'. My nine year old self was shocked!

cruikshank I couldn't agree more... The inappropriate use of ' literally' and 'journey' wind me up too

A Facebook friend who's just had some carpentry work done on her home, has describing it as 'the end of a journey'.

Had to explain to dd that "spazzy" as used in the episode of Victorous (US teen "comedy") she was watching wasn't really appropriate here.

With regard to "rubbers", many years ago I was told you had to be careful with the term "Durex" in Australia, as you might cause people to think your contraception involved sellotaping over a penis.

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Durex

Being British I was taken aback in a lawyers' office in New York to hear one young woman say to another I got really pissed with the judge yesterday.

Hard to imagine the word "pissed" being considered pretentious in any context.

Many years ago, newly arrived in the UK for university, I spent my first night in a hotel. The young desk clerk asked me if I wanted to be "knocked up with morning tea." We had had a bit of a primer on language differences (not to talk about your pants or your fanny, etc.) but they had left that one out.

For those decrying "could care less", here's David Mitchell.

@Madamdeathstare

I have made more than my fair share of cultural disasters with our friends over the pond.

Recently a man bounded over to me, thrust his hand in my mine, pumped it firmly and announced "Hi I'm Randy, the director of......."

All I heard was I'm Randy, I glanced at a colleague who set me off and I proceeded to howl with laughter. Not the best start to a new working relationship.

When I was a student in the UK, one of my American friends had to be admonished to revert to her full name of Miranda. She was from Mississippi, very friendly and outgoing, and she had a habit of bouncing up to people, sticking out her hand and saying, "Hi, I'm Randie."

YANBU at all OP, I can't stand it.

North Yorkshirese for 'hello' is 'now then'.

It's really scary when someone marches up to you and says 'now then'. I always think I've done something wrong. It's sometimes abbreviated to 'now', among people who know one another well. Two men meeting on a street, jerking their chins at one another and muttering 'now' always makes me think they're about to commit some crime...

OP I'm glad you started this thread it's been bugging me for ages. If you're American- fine, but if not it sounds wrong!

Let's not talk about "gotten". (Seethe...)

But forgotten is ok, right?

Yes.

Yanbu. It means drunk. "I'm so pissed right now" is going to come across badly if it's 10 am on a Wednesday and you're at work isn't it .