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Mon Mar 05, 2007 20:03 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Anothere dictionary says:
"get in a pet" means "get the sulks"
But "sulk" means to be silently angry and refuse to be friendly or discuss what is annoying or upsetting you.
To me it seems totally different from "Pet".!!!
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:49 am meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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| I have never heard this use of the word "pet" in my entire life, and I can't find any example of it on Google. It doesn't make sense to me either, so if I were you I'd just ignore it, and I would be very suspicious of that dictionary. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:52 am meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Hi Jamie and Phoo,
My home e-dictionary also provided me with 'to be in a pet/ to take(the) pet meaning 'to have the sulks',' to be in the sulks' . It would be better to use 'beast' instead of 'pet' (Just a joke!) |
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Pamela I'm a Communicator ;-)
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 14:55 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Hi Phoo
I've never heard 'pet' used this way either -- even though this definition does appear in both American and British dictionaries.
I did a search of the BNC got only one single result in which 'pet' appears to be used this way.
If I were you, I wouldn't worry about this definition. |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 15:45 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Thanks everyone!
It sounds as if I'd better ignore it and put the effort on something else, someting more meanigful. |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 20:46 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Hi,
Surely it is very useful to know unusual expressions like that...
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Englishuser I'm here quite often ;-)
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 21:30 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Hi,
It occurs to me that this use of 'pet' may well be a corruption of 'being petulant'. 'Petulant' describes a mood where you are irritable or impatient.
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Alan Co-founder

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Wed Mar 07, 2007 18:56 pm meaning of "I am in a pet" |
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Umm...Petulant
I have learned a new English word!! Yee-ha! Actually, the disaster was a blessing in disguise! haha |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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