Citations:p'd off

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English citations of p'd off

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Etymology 1 - Euphemism for "pissed off"[edit]

  • "Sir, As an unfortunate owner of a "P" registration Volvo 200, I am certainly more than a little "P'd" off with the body rust as per ...."
    Private eye, Issues 471-496 - Fiction - 1980
  • "Suddenly brains began to work and grabbing the entire Crypt projector your now rather p'd off host dashed back to Granpa's"
    Tommy Adderley (1940-1993): The Man and His Contributions to Pop, Jazz, and ... Christine Mintrom - Biography & Autobiography - 2004

Etymology 2 - Abbreviation for "paid off"[edit]

  • "20,000, w'ch are to be p'd off next June, and the Subjects have the several Taxes secur'd to them for the s'd Payment, w'ch on our pres't Exigencies I hope "
    The official records of Robert Dinwiddie: Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony ..., Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie), Robert Dinwiddie, Robert Alonzo Brock - History - 1884
  • "Col p'd off the men then got grub and went to Ft. McPherson"
    Nebraska history. Addison Erwin Sheldon, James Lee Sellers, James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society - History - 1958