Piss

Piss is slang, one of the seven dirty words, which can mean the following:

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• Piss can refer to urine: the act of urination is "to piss"
• Piss can refer to alcohol: see "to be pissed" below.
• "Piss off" can mean "Go away!"
• To "piss someone off" is to make a person angry.
• To "piss something away" is to use it up without having anything to show for it. One can also 'piss it all up the wall', often in reference to a squandered fortune.
• A piss-up is a party involving lots of alcohol.
• A "piss-take" is similar to a parody.
• To " out of" someone is to make fun of that person. Extreme piss taking, with the possibility of drawing tears, can be referred to as "ripping the piss out of" someone.
• To " out on" someone is to get angry with that person.
• A pisser is a disagreeable person or event
• "It's pissing down" means it's raining heavily.
• A "piss artist" is someone who drinks too much, not someone who makes patterns in the snow...

The verb to be pissed is equivalent to the verbs "to be drunk" in British English and "to be annoyed" in American English. This was commented on in a South Park episode in which an Englishman says:

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:Leave it to Americans to think that "no" means yes, "pissed" means angry, and "curse word" means something other than a word that's cursed!!

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• Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson is reported to have said of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, "Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in."
• U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner famously described the office as "not worth a pitcher of warm piss".

Word Origin:

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1250-1300

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ME (Middle English) pissen OF (Old French) pissier.

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British English: British English (BrE) is a term used loosely to refer to the form of the English language written in the British Isles, and more narrowly as spoken in the south of England (extending elsewhere with varying degrees). For historical reasons dating back to the rise of London in the 9th century, the var...

American English: American English (AmE) is the form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is the primary language used in the United States. As of 2005, more than two-thirds of native speakers of English use various forms of American English. American English is also sometimes calle...

South Park: South Park is a comedy animated series created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Distributed by and airing on Comedy Central since 1997, it follows the surreal adventures of four young boys who live in the small town of South Park, Colorado. South Park satirizes many aspects of American culture and cur...