Chuffed

[Robin Hamilton]

There's also the relatively frequent  bound collocation, "dead chuffed" --
very pleased (with oneself).

As, e.g., "I was dead chuffed to be picked for the England squad."

Robin

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> "Chuffed" in the sense of "pleased, (highly) satisfied" is completely
> commonplace informal BrE, so there's no confusion.
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> I find a search like
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chuffed+site:guardian.co.uk useful to
> explore words such as this one.
>
> Chris

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