PO'ed

[ pee-ohd ]

/ ˈpiˈoʊd /

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adjective Informal.

very angry.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of PO'ed

First recorded in 1940–45; p(issed) o(ff) + -ed²

Ed Brooke, the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, embraced fights with the left and right.
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Cocker became an international star in the late 1960s, showing up everywhere from Woodstock to The Ed Sullivan Show.
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I like all of them, in a way, but I like Scissorhands and Ed Wood.
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But, yeah, Beetlejuice, Scissorhands, and Ed Wood are my favorites.
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Gays have won, Mr. Barron said in his op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Christians are now “outlaws” and “martyrs.”
Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around|Jay Michaelson|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
To be able to repeat great po-ems at will, is to have a treasure you can allus carry with you while your voice lasts.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
For instance, 218 were deported to the fever-stricken colony of Fernando Po, and only 94 of them came out alive.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
By way of example, compare 'The bysschop weop for 'ermyng'; King Alisaunder, ed.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
O Jakobowski many tears you'll shed man,You lost your money when you lost your 'Ed-man!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 27, 1895|Various