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Re: Rethinking Window Management

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Not OP. Probably meant: "Kissed" => "pissed"

Aha! That is not obvious to a British English speaker such as myself; in my language, "I got pissed" means "I became very drunk". The American usage, I suspect, evolved from our "pissed off ".

>> The American usage, I suspect, evolved from our "pissed off".

Correct. Americans might say: "Watch out! The boss is pissed." which is the same as "Watch out! The boss is pissed off!"

>> "I got pissed" means "I became very drunk"

The American English usage is typically: "piss drunk" meaning "so intoxicated that the person might urinate on themself".

See also: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/351812/pissing-i...

Re: Rethinking Window Management

#272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aha! That is not obvious to a British English speaker such as myself; in my language, "I got pissed" means "I became very drunk". The American usage, I suspect, evolved from our "pissed off ".

>> The American usage, I suspect, evolved from our "pissed off". Correct. Americans might say: "Watch out! The boss is pissed." which is the same as "Watch out! The boss is pissed off!" >> "I got pissed" means "I became very drunk" The American English usage is typically: "piss drunk" meaning "so intoxicated that the person might urinate on themself". See also: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/351812/pissi…

> The American English usage is typically: "piss drunk" meaning "so intoxicated that the person might urinate on themself".

That one is new to me.

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