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piss
verb- to urinate UK, 1290
Derives from Old French pisser and has been perfectly good English since C13, but from mid-C18 it has been considered a vulgarism. - He remembered telling her once he bet that she pissed ice water. — John Gregory Dunne, True Confessions, p. 102, 1977
- I had watched her piss and shit, I had, when she wanted me to, watched her be fucked by Andrew. — Jerome Gold, The Prisoner’s Son, p. 155, 1996
- She pissed hugely in a steaming flow, with dignity and nonchalance. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked, p. 238, 2004
- to rain heavily IRELAND
- On Wednesday–it was pissing all day–Tuesday–Jimmy Sr. brought Bimbo into town. — Roddy Doyle, The Van, p. 88, 1991
- to accomplish a task easily UK
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 118, 1983
- to whinge US
- I force him to take a lung test. He pisses and moans but finally agrees. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 222, 1995
▶ I wouldn’t piss in your ear if your brain was on fire
I could not care less about you AUSTRALIA- [T]here’s a type of ex-pat Australian journo who gets off on shafting his old mates back home, and frankly, I wouldn’t piss in his ear if his brain was on fire — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 110, 1985
▶ I wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire
used for expressing the utmost personal contempt UK- You think you’re God’s gift / You’re a liar / I wouldn’t piss on you / If you were on fire — Chumbawumba, Mouthful, 1994
▶ piss in someone’s pocket
to ingratiate yourself with someone; to flatter someone AUSTRALIA, 1944- If we piss in his pocket, he’s just as apt to come our way. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 77, 1971
- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 151, 1975
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 70, 1977
▶ piss in the wind
to engage in a hapless, futile activity US- You’re all pissin’ in the wind / You don’t know it but you are — Neil Young, Ambulance Blues, 1974
- — Michael Dalton Johnson, Talking Trash with Redd Foxx, p. 106, 1994
- He was pissing in the wind with someone like Trevor[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, 1997
▶ piss into someone’s tent
to impinge upon another’s interests UK- The fact you even managed to get the issue discussed is bad enough for these people. We’re pissing into their tent, Peter. — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 55, 2002
▶ piss it in
to win easily AUSTRALIA- — James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, 1996
▶ piss money against the wall; piss it up the wall
to squander or waste money, especially on drinking UK, 1785- We’re just to make sure that the players don’t piss the money against the wall. — Sunday Times (South Africa), 24 November 2002
▶ piss on- to despise or feel contempt for someone or something UK
- Did the captain of the Titanic tell the passengers and crew “Icebergs, I piss on ‘em”? I think not. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 164, 2000
- to drink heavily; to continue a drinking binge AUSTRALIA
- Midweek afternoon, working hours, I was pissing on in a low-life dump with men named Dikko and Toad. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 241, 1998
▶ piss your trousers; piss your pants
to soil your clothing by accidental urination UK- [A] chronically unwashed man, a louse ridden man or one who has pissed his trousers and farted in them until the very cloth is rotten. — Geoffrey Fletcher, Down Among the Meths Men, p. 16, 1966
▶ piss yourself
to laugh uproarioualy UK, 1951
Abbreviated from “piss yourself laughing”, from the notion that loss of physical control is a consequence of overwhelming laughter.- I crease up. Hysterical. Becca’s pissing herself. Kelly doesn’t get it. Sad. — Cath Staincliffe, Trainers, p. 59, 1999
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