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Have you ever........?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in The potting shed
...stomped out of a shop in a vehicle known as a high dudgeon and  some time later looked for what you are sure you'd bought?
Is it my age, or is that box of fertiliser lurking somewhere only to emerge when I've bought another?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That happened to me in a sweet shop. But, in retrospect, the b****r was doing me a favour - well, he would've done if I'd spent my money on a banana or some muesli - but I didn't.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    What is high dudgeon?
    SW Scotland
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Dudgeon means a state of anger, resentment, or offence and often turns up as in dudgeon or in high dudgeon The Oxford English Dictionary can't give its source, though it's sure it's not from the Welsh word dygen, meaning malice or resentment, which has been suggested in the past.28 Oct 2006
    World Wide Words: High dudgeon
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    So "bealing" then in Scots? I get it now.
    SW Scotland
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2018
    I think it's a play on words to do with the ridiculously high carriages e.g a high perched phaeton, that the young bucks drove in Georgian times - the vehicle thing. I don't know where I heard it but it's not original :)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Google bealing - I definitely bealed ;)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    Well done B3 😀.
    SW Scotland
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    o:) 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited April 2018
    The most embarrassing high dudgeon states are when I have a go at someone (like BT or an estate agent) for having screwed up and later, when I have calmed down, realise it was my mistake. I don't beel very often in shops / to call centres, but when I do, I can guarantee it's my mistake. So now I don't call/ do business on Beelly days. It saves time and offence.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is it beeel or be-al
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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