English Slang / Idioms: Pissed Off

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Hi, everybody. I'm Esther. 
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And in this video, we're going  to talk about a slang word. 
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And that word is ‘pissed’ or ‘pissed off’. Now, before I start, I want to tell you that  
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‘pissed’ can actually have several meanings. But today, we're going to focus on one meaning. 
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And the meaning that I want  to focus on is ‘angry’. 
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Okay, so ‘pissed’ or ‘pissed off’ can  mean very angry or maybe upset or annoyed. 
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Okay, so before I explain a little bit  more, let's look at these example sentences. 
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The first one is, “I'm pissed.” This just means “I'm angry” “I'm upset” 
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So again, “I'm pissed.” The next sentence is very similar. 
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“I'm pissed off.” “I'm pissed off.” 
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Again, these two sentences have the same meaning. They both mean ‘I'm very angry about something’  
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or ‘I'm very angry at somebody’. Please also notice that we have to  
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say pissed in the past tense. We have to say it with -ed. 
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If you say I'm pissed without -ed,  it actually has a different meaning. 
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So again, you must say “I'm pissed” or  “I'm pissed off” to show that you're angry. 
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Okay, here's the last sentence. “I get pissed off when he lies to me.” 
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That means I get angry when he lies to me. Again, “I get pissed off when he lies to me.” 
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Let's make sure we also notice  the pronunciation “pissed off”. 
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‘pissed’ ‘pissed off’ 
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‘pissed’ And let's look  
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at the example sentence one more time. “I get pissed off when he lies to me.” 
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And for all the women out there,  you understand what I mean, right? 
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When someone you care about or someone you love  lies to you, you get angry or pissed off, right? 
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So let's look at a few more  example sentences together. 
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“I was pissed off when the  other car cut in front of me.” 
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“I was pissed off when the  other car cut in front of me.” 
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“Don't get pissed off. It was a mistake.” “Don't get pissed off. It was a mistake.” 
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“I'm pissed off that he didn't pay me back yet.” “I'm pissed off that he didn't pay me back yet.” 
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Okay, so we looked at a couple example sentences, and we learned the word ‘pissed’ or ‘pissed off’ 
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so just remember it's a very common slang if you  use it in America or another english-speaking  
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country, everybody will know that  that means you're angry or upset. 
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But remember, you should probably only  use this with your friends because if  
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you say this to somebody that you don't  know, well it can seem a little bit rude. 
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Okay, so please remember that when you're  angry try saying ‘pissed’ or ‘pissed off’. 
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‘I'm pissed’ ‘I'm pissed off’ 
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All right, well I'll see you in the next video. Bye.
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