Briticisms

[Karen Barker]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Rod McFadden <rgmcf at y...> 
wrote:
> I confess to having muffed 'chuffed'.  Comes from a former          
> Commonwealth citizen who's a friend of mine and who uses it to      
> mean 'irritated.'  I shall add a dose of cayenne pepper to his      
> coffee.

Well it seems to be one of those extremely irritating words that can 
mean both.  I personally would only use it in the positive as in "I 
was really chuffed with the flowers you gave me", but have noticed 
that a much older man at work says "So and so really chuffed me off" 
where I would use "so and so really p***ed me off".

Karen