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PO'ed

[ pee-ohd ]

/ ˈpiˈoʊd /

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adjective Informal.

very angry.

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Origin of PO'ed

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

Words nearby PO'ed

podzol, podzolization, podzolize, Poe, poeciliid, PO'ed, Poe, Edgar Allan, Poehler, poem, POEMS syndrome, poenology

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Example sentences from the Web for PO'ed

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.”
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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.
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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