Etymology

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Today it means: A person for whom one feels a strong and disproportionate dislike, to the extent that almost anything they do makes one angry or annoyed. Full definition →

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From the implication that the speaker's dislike of the target is so intense that they could cause the speaker offense by performing almost any action. First attested in the 2010s.

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