Use in Language
References to peeing and pissing are commonly used in slang. Usage includes:
- Piss off (to anger someone)
- Pissing down (to refer to heavy rain)
- Pissing contest (an unproductive ego-driven battle)
- Pisshead (vulgar way to refer to someone who drinks too much alcohol)
- Piss ant (a worthless person; in non-slang usage the term refers to several species of ant whose colonies have a urine-like odor)
- Pissing up a flagpole (to partake in a futile activity)
- Piss away (to squander or use wastefully)
- Taking the piss (to take liberties, be unreasonable, or to mock another person)
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