Definitions
Etymologies
- Possibly from piss-proud. Figuratively, to be piss-proud is to have false pride, thus 'taking the piss out of' is to deflate their false pride, usu. through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, 'taking the piss out of someone' came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form 'taking the piss' became common. (Wiktionary)
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britishisms
A tip of my hat to the snarkiest of English dialects. Here here!
Ponce, snog, bloody, barmy, blasted, blooming, bleeding, knackered, poppycock, wanker, tosser, cracked and 52 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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From the UK
Words, mostly slang, mostly gleaned from reading mystery, crime and detective novels (Scotish or British) or listening to British television.
recce, plectrum, devolution, porkies, taking the piss, take the piss, winching, fere, thraw, wark, sonsy, niffer
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Selected words from the Queen's English
British words/phrases/slang I love using in everyday conversation.
yob, wotcher, wotsit, arse, balls-up, barmy, bint, bloke, blimey, bobby, bollocks, brolly and 78 more...
Tweets
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johnmperry = make fun of Jun 23, 2008
yarb We took the piss with a rare tenderness.
- Peter Reading, Otto Van Bumph, from The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery, 1976 Jun 23, 2008