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  • 31pissed-off — adj angry, irritated, disappointed, upset. Like the verb to piss (someone) off, this usage emerged at the time of World War II. Well ... people who bought from our competitors are probably pretty pissed off. The plastic should be worn through… …

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  • 32sussed — adj British (of a person) well adjusted, adapted to the circumstances, self aware or self reli ant. This more recent derivation of the verb suss (out) is based on the notion of suss in the sense of knowhow . Since the 1980s it is often in the… …

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  • 33sussed out — adj British (of a person) well adjusted, adapted to the circumstances, self aware or self reli ant. This more recent derivation of the verb suss (out) is based on the notion of suss in the sense of knowhow . Since the 1980s it is often in the… …

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  • 34talking-brooch — n British a police officer s personal radio, also known as a squawker and batphone. An item of police slang recorded by the Lon don Evening Standard magazine, Febru a ry 1993 …

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