On moving across the pond, I became intrigued by the many different meanings and uses of the word "piss".
Phrase or Usage | Translation | Notes |
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Piss | Urine, to urinate | E.g. "I need to piss" |
Pissy | Irritable | more common in the U.S. |
Piss off | Go or Leave | Can be an imperative (interchangable with F*** off, but milder) |
Piss off | Irritate, or induce pissyness in another | E.g. "That really pissed me off." |
Get pissed / Be pissed | Become / be innebriated | meaningless in this context in the U.S., see below |
Get pissed / Be pissed | To be or become annoyed, upset | meaningless in this context in the U.K. |
Piece of Piss | An easy thing | E.g. "That was a piece of piss." U.K. only? |
Piss around | Fool around, waste time | |
Streak of piss | Insult | E.g. "you lanky streak of piss" |
Piss yellow | Light yellow color | E.g the web-safe color: #ffffcc |
Piss stain | Insult | |
Piss up | Drunken evening, drinking session | |
Piss it down | Rain very hard | |
Wicked pisser (pissah) | Really good | Seems to be U.S. Boston-area specific. Thanks to Michael C. for this one. |