Do People Still Say, 'Browned Off' To Describe Being Fed Up Or Bored?

[sandyRoe]

It's an answer to a crossword clue today and a phrase I haven't heard for a long time.

[jourdain2]

Yes, 'browned off' or sometimes 'cheesed off' are phrases I quite often hear.

[bookbinder]

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/browned-off.html

[davebro3]

bit racist innit?🤣

[jackthehat]

I had a conversation with a Dutch National who, naturally, spoke beautiful English; she made me smile when she told me that she was 'browned off' about something. She was immediately embarrassed and asked if she had said the wrong thing. Although I explained that it was a perfectly acceptable way of phrasing something, I often wonder if that was the last time she said it.

[barry1010]

I do, also cheesed off and ticked off.

It started on the RAF in the 1930s, apparently