IRE.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ira; perhaps akin to Greek oistros gadfly, frenzy
: intense and usually openly displayed anger
synonym see ANGER
I'm mostly known for being laid-back and somewhat of a jokester. (I can see Rida reading this, and I promise she is going to say, aloud, "SOMEWHAT?") But I'm far from impossible to anger. And when angry, I tend to fume about it.
People do earn my Ire. And woe to them.
It helps, I suspect, that I'm testy today in writing this. For no discernable reason, but I'm growling when prodded and people are backing away. (which makes me laugh, diffusing the ire…but only a little bit)
Another amusing fact about Ire: it's a synonym for Eire. Eire = Ireland. Angry folks? Sometimes. I'm a quarter Irish. My grandfather was pure Irish. I loved that man dearly, but there was no mistaking that he was probably the angriest person I have ever known.
–Robert