Pissing-war Definition
noun
An often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.
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A pissing contest.
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A (nonphysical) conflict of ideology.
We didn't do any press because we were just going to get in a pissing war [...] -- Matt Stone, creator of South Park, in an interview with CNN .
The other two [...] are in a righter-than-thou pissing war. -- Geov Parrish, .
It's a pissing war. -- Steve Duplessie, senior analyst to the Enterprise Storage Group, in an interview with Byte and Switch, .
[H]e's devoting too much psychic energy to an ideological pissing war with Monty Kipps. -- Joy Press, .
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Noun
Singular:
pissing-war
Plural:
pissing warsOrigin of Pissing-war
The phrase is derived from the territorial behaviour of certain animals, such as male cats, which mark territorial claims with urine.
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