Americanism for "Pi55ed"

[Joe_the_Lion]

I have noticed that our American cousins say "I am really pi55ed now" when they are angry and not drunk like English people do.

Does anybody know what term came first?

[Loosehead]

we use that too as in "I'm really pi55ed off" the yanks just dropped the off, both terms are British.

[hugh jarze]

better ****** off than ****** on

[Quizmonster]

The earliest recorded use of the word to mean 'drunk' appeared in 1929 and the 'angry' version not until 1946. So, the British term came first.

[Quizmonster]

I should have added above that the 'angry' version is definitely American in origin.

[Loosehead]

So QM, did it arrive independently of the British "Pi55ed off" then? I always thought they just missed out the "Off". Still I defer to your knowledege on this one!

[Quizmonster]

My apologies if I misled you, Loosehead...if I did, it was unintentional. The thing is that the Americans, too, had 'off' originally after the p-word - in the angry sense. That's how they used it up until the 1970s. From then on, they started to drop the 'off' at times.
My idea now is that they have dispensed with it altogether, though I am far from certain. Perhaps Clanad or one of our other American members might tell us more.

[Kingaroo]

Yes it is used both with and without the "off." It is often omitted at the end of a sentence to add impact, as in the bumper sticker reading:
"GOD IS COMING
and boy, is she p-d."

We would always use the "off" when it's a transitive verb:
"This is p-ing me off." or "I don't dare p- off my mother."

Another less common use of the verb with "off" is to mean "go away" or "bug off" or "f- yourself":
"I've had enough of your attitude. Why don't you just p- off?"