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24 May
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What does dander up mean?
What does dander up mean?
I used Google Translate and the translation made me laugh, cz GT interpreted "dander up" as similar to "dandruff ", but I think it has another meaning. Here's the sentence btw:
now don't get your dander up
now don't get your dander up
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It must be UK English or very old English. I don’t know
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- English (US)
it means to anger you
that really got my dander up.
that really pissed me off.
Maybe more used in Canada or UK but it isfalling out of use
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@Murraymoody not in Canada, so I’m guessing either UK or just old people in general
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