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WCDT Strips 3356-3360 (21st to 25th November 2016)

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Method of Madness:
How does pissed meaning drunk inherently make any more sense than pissed meaning angry?

Skewbrow:
Re: the poll

Dora and Emily came up with the bright idea of trying to do this trick with a bottle of cheap bourbon instead of champagne.

* The trick worked in the sense that the bottle lost its cork and neck.
* But the cork didn't fly 20 feet (bourbon is not pressurized the way champagne is), it just sorta dropped on the floor.
* But they still had an open bottle of alcohol, and no obvious way to keep it contained.
* From that point on every step followed from the preceding one logically.
* It was NOT two girls and an oblong instrument gone wild. You pervs. That sword is effing sharp.

oddtail:

--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Nov 2016, 07:33 ---How does pissed meaning drunk inherently make any more sense than pissed meaning angry?

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I'm not saying it does. But "pissed off" is a phrase that is understandable anyway, means the same as the American meaning of "pissed", and "pissed" by itself is confusing vis a vis the British meaning of "drunk". Plus, as I said, the American usage is inconsistent, because to my knowledge, nobody really says "this really pisses me", but rather "this really pisses me off", even in the US.

But, since a few people have commented on this, I was only half-serious in my original post. Apparently it didn't come across very clearly in text.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Nov 2016, 07:33 ---How does pissed meaning drunk inherently make any more sense than pissed meaning angry?
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People who drink heavily can have reduced bladder control. Therefore, 'pissed'.

sitnspin:
People who are old an have reduced bladder control, too, but we don't use pissed as slang for elderly.

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