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Old 06-11-2023, 01:08 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
So, yet another word in english whose meaning has inverted.
Last time I looked, as British army slang, chuffed had two meanings in pleased and displeased. You have to infer from context/tone/whatever which meaning is meant.

So "my fiancee was chuffed to see me" could mean either she was pleased or displeased to see me. And they wonder why I prefer computers...
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