In England when your Drunk, your pissed.
In America when your Angry, Your Pissed.
How did this start, using the word for being drunk.
Think i know about the being angry one, the Americans copied it thinking that it meant Angry because they saw some Scottish blokes "pissed" and they looked angry. lol (that was a joke)
2007-11-17 05:00:46 · 5 answers · asked by v3gas4ce 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Oh no, If that is true..pissed coming from the French word "urinate"
That means the Stella Artios I buy to get pissed (as a newt like someone said)......would be wee!
I'm never drinking French Lager again.
My answer would have been that you go to the toilet a lot more when your drunk....which slang in England is "piss", That would have tied into the French word too.
2007-11-17 19:33:51 · update #1
Thx for all your answers anyway.
2007-11-17 19:34:54 · update #2
"Pisser" is a French word meaning "to urinate" but it's very rude to tell it.
I believe the English term comes from this French word.
2007-11-17 05:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by NARCISSE42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both phrases came from America. the phrase "pissed" to mean drunk, came from world war 2. the phrase "pissed(off)" meaning angry comes from America and we use it today.
we use either pissed or pissed off to mean angry.
we never use pissed to mean drunk. we use other phrases like shi-t faced and other phrases to mean drunk.
EDIT: i read what someone else said about it coming from France definitely not the saying really did come from soldiers from world war 2
hope this was helpful.
2007-11-17 18:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know....but have you ever been "pissed as a newt".
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pissed
2007-11-17 13:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by JenniT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I know if my ex was on fire I wouldn't do it to put him out.
2007-11-17 13:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does get around doesnt it?
2007-11-17 13:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋