Another Angry WomanFeel like there's a typo here but I cannot for the life of me figure out what they *meant* to say
Sophie@stavvers do you mean “using in anger”? It’s as less common turn of phrase but it means “using for real”
@sophie I've literally never heard this construction in my life
Ben Curthoys@stavvers @sophie I didn't know that it wasn't commonplace. I couldn't work out what was wrong when I first saw the original post.
Always understood it as meaning "for real", not as a test or training. You would be using a fire extinguisher "in anger" if you used it to put out a real fire that had started by accident, whether or not you were cross about it.
Thomas Buck 
@bencurthoys @stavvers @sophie I mean, I think I have when the moon’s too bright *shakes fist at sky*
Ducky@tom @bencurthoys @stavvers @sophie
when the moon hits your eye
and you want to see why
that's in anger
when the moon hits your eye
and you want to see why
that's in anger