Take-the-piss Definition

verb

(New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic) To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).

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(New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt.

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Origin of Take-the-piss

  • 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.

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