What it means
Means properly annoyed, wound up, the kind of irritated that sits on your face for the rest of the afternoon. It runs strong through London street talk with that Caribbean flavour woven into the slang, and it has way more bite than just saying you are a bit cross. You hear it when someone gets cut up in traffic, when a mate flakes last minute, or when the wifi drops right as the goal goes in. Loud feeling, short word.
Usage examples
"I am so vexed right now, he left me waiting an hour and then texts to say he is not even coming."
"I am properly vexed, I queued forty minutes and they sold the last one to the guy who pushed in front of me."
"Don't come to me all vexed because I told you the truth, you asked for my honest opinion and you got it."
Where it comes from
Vexed is actually an old word, from the Latin vexare through French, meaning to trouble or harass. It had gone a bit dusty and formal until London street talk, with its Caribbean threads, picked it up and gave it real heat, so now it sounds bang up to date.
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