To dislike it when people say they are pissed (in the UK)

[Chamomileteaplease]

when they are annoyed about something.

Isn't that an Americanism? In the UK we say pissed off surely?

Or is there a regional variation that I am unaware of?

Totally agree. I find it really odd when British people take on certain Americanisms that don't really translate properly to the UK.

You can be pissed here but you have to have a lot to drink first.

In the UK, to me “pissed” means you are drunk. “Pissed off” means angry.

So I agree with you. When someone says “Oh I’m so pissed!” when they’re angry, I just they sound silly.

Maybe the people using it don't like how the language in British English changed and moved away from its origins?

What's wrong with using Americanisms, though?

Ah, nothing like a good old American bashing thread.

@GoatWardrobe

What's wrong with using Americanisms, though?

Because certain ones don't translate properly to the UK, for example the pissed thing. In the UK, pissed means drunk and pissed off means annoyed. If you start saying pissed when you're annoyed, you're going to confuse a lot of people and your meaning will be misunderstood.

Yes, I hate it too! I either just add “off” to the end of the sentence, or i ask them how much they imbibed 😂
Popular, me! 😁

Much like "My bad".

My bad what? Leg?

Because certain ones don't translate properly to the UK, for example the pissed thing. In the UK, pissed means drunk and pissed off means annoyed. If you start saying pissed when you're annoyed, you're going to confuse a lot of people and your meaning will be misunderstood.

That's pretty disingenuous. I think the average Brit of average intelligence can distinguish between 'I'm pissed!' accompanied by a frown, a parking ticket or a no-show on a date, and 'I'm pissed!' when slurred after your seventh gin and tonic.

It annoys me too. It’s not “American bashing” it’s “British people trying to sound American bashing”

I agree! If you are pissed in the UK, then you are drunk.

Yes @BastardBiscuits that's exactly it!

It's not an American bashing thread it's a British people trying to sound American bashing thread

Well enough people have responded so far who completely understand what I mean so I can feel vindicated.

Of course you can gather from the context Goatwardrobe, what they person means but I am with another poster who always wants to add in "off" when they speak. It is just a minor annoyance in life.

But I feel better now. Thank you all

I think the expectation here is that you will hear 'pissed off' in that context GoatWardrobe and 'pissed' leaves you hanging for the word 'off'. Like that Big Bang episode when Sheldon feels compelled to finish all those activities that Amy leaves incomplete. In my head I'm screaming 'off.... you're pissed off'. I'm really not irked by other Americanisms.

@DeeTractor

Ah, nothing like a good old American bashing thread.

And this is nothing like an American bashing thread.

I listened to a really good podcast yesterday about English, American English and the crossovers and origins of phrases.
It's Something rhymes with purple with Susie Dent and Giles Brandreth.

Worth a listen, if you're not to pissed.

Totally agree OP! It’s fine if the the poster is American, but when it’s a Brit it is very grating and try hard.

It's not that it's wrong or objectionable to use an Americanism, it's that it means something different here, so it doesn't make sense.

The shame *too pissed 😳

Pissed is drunk. Pissed off is angry.

@FrankiesKnuckle

The shame *too pissed 😳

Haha I did think that but I wasn't going to be that person

It's interesting that the OP and others prefer the British usage neologisms. Usually on MN language humphy threads posters object to language change.

I voted YANBU. Teenage dd said it yesterday. Other teenage dd wrote "gotten" and "big of a deal" Its because of the stuff they watch and read online being American

Thanks @FrankiesKnuckle, that programme sounds interesting, I will look it up.

It's probably a regionalism somewhere, most 'Americanisms' have their roots in British dialects with others traced to elsewhere.

From where I'm from the States, it's a pretty unusual term there for being very angry that would probably make people think you were - or trying to sound - coastal or British. If you did it just for annoyance, you'd be considered sounding coastal and dramatic.

I didn't start using pissed off until I was over here a few years & I've heard way more Brits than Americans say pissed on it's own for annoyance so I think it as more of a Britishism than an Americanism.