Phrase guide
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intj
To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone "a pox".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, offensive
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intj
To hell with (abstract or unalive things).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
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History
Originally an expression of abuse to wish that someone develop pocks, that is to say, contract pox. Though pox can range from smallpox to chickenpox to cowpox to syphilis, this expression almost always referred to the last one, the Great Pox.
