Piss?

Post by **Chas** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:50 pm

Why is it that you lads are always going on about "pissing"?

This seems to be a British thing and it seems to come into play at least once in every thread, in some threads in every post. Perhaps it comes from the world of sport?

I understand the concept certainly, but I wonder why it is you can "take the piss", "be pissed off" and then "be pissed" and mean two entirely different things ( being mad and being drunk don't seem very much alike to me, but then I don't go to bars very often so what do I know.? )

And the directive "Piss off" which I just saw in another foo post which got me started here ( Actually the poster put p*** off which is a bit more coy than P*ss off) is another meaning entirely not obviously connected to being drunk or mad.( Unless the person you have told to go away is one or the other or perhaps both. . .or YOU are. Very confusing)

"Pissing contest" adds another dimension too. Can you have one if you are Pissed. .or are taking the piss?

And then of course you have"take a piss". . perhaps "have a piss" or the very coy posters with " take the P**s" like its a bad word or something. Its like a catch all sort of word and I have to wonder why.

I honestly just have never been in a "society" where this particular word gets so much use. Other words. . yes, of course. ( The "f" word comes to mind and I have been around lads who would be unable to frame a single thought without it.

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:12 pm

Are you taking the piss?

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:58 pm

Hey chas you missed one which is why you dont understand you have to go on a piss up first now do you get it

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:28 pm

Chas, there are some others, for instance you can be a pisshead, you can piss your money away and Australians drink piss, if you are Geordie you could be as â€œpissed as your nans mattress!â€

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:42 pm

You can pisseth as well:
1 Kings, 14.10: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:44 pm

Its pissing it down.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:54 pm

The origin is french as far as I know, and to back it up I looked at http://www.etymonline.com, and here is what they say...
piss (v.)
c.1290, from O.Fr. pissier "urinate" (12c.), from V.L. *pissiare, of imitative origin. As a pure intensifier (cf. piss-poor, piss-ugly, etc.) it dates from World War II. Pissed off "angry, fed up" is 1946, U.S. slang. To piss off "go away" is attested from 1958, chiefly British. Piss and vinegar first attested 1942. Piss-prophet "one who diagnosed diseases by inspection of urine" is attested from 1625. Piss proud "erect upon awakening" is attested from 1796.

and from the bbc.co.uk I got this...
The word 'piss' (or, in Scotland, 'pish') has its origins in Latin (pissare) and French (pisser), an onomatopoeic word to describe the sound of urination. One of the mildest swear-words, it nevertheless has a major influence on a number of common British phrases.

When men sleep, the build-up of urine in the bladder puts pressure on the man's prostate gland, resulting in an erection. In the 17th and 18th Centuries, a man who was thought to be unnecessarily arrogant would be described as 'piss-proud'. The New Canting Dictionary of 1725 contained an entry on 'vain-glorious or ostentatious me' which read:

One that boasts without reason, or, as the Canters say, 'pisses more than he drinks'.
If you were to ridicule someone for being too 'full of themself', you would 'take the piss' out of them. As the word 'piss' became categorised as vulgar, the phrase was modified - 'taking the micturations', later shortened to 'taking the mickey' (nothing to do with a person called Michael). With the invention of the urinal, gentlemen would aim towards a small illustration of a bee, intended as a 'pissing point', the Latin word for bee being 'apis', while a domestic commode would be referred to as a 'piss-pot'. In Britain, the link between alcohol and urine is clear: a night out might be described as 'going on the piss'; if a person appears to be spending his money excessively on alcohol he is said to be 'Pissing it against the wall' - presumably on the same principle that you don't buy bad beer, just rent it; a 'piss-up' is a drunken party or pub-crawl.

Now, Piss Off!

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:11 pm

WL or guess in disguise

It reads like a guess looks like a guess even sounds like a guess it must be a WL then

Nautical expression pissing into the wind (a bit like chatting up the cashier??)

Post by **The understudy** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:42 pm

Hi there Chas

You know me right? Well I use the piss. word in two SItuations firstly when I am angry of someone. (which rarely happens but it does happen from time to time) Then there's The actuall thing that I hafta go to take a Piss.

The example you showed that someone in the Foo section said: "P** Off" I think he wrote it all wrong and should wrote it like you said p**s off instead.

Well Chas the "P" and the "F" word is one of those words which is of versatile use. You can youse in almost in every case. even in Germany tis word is around and the you use it in diffrent meanings too.

When I drink with my feallas back then I rarely get drunk, I'm just being happy being in company og my friends!!!

Ahh Yeah Chas Greetings to your Housemate whom I know too. na krab!

Your's sincerly
The understudy!

Post by **PeteC** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:43 pm

Then why do men say "I'm going to take a piss" and women say "I'm going to take a pea or pee?" Nothing to do with Thai ghosts here, hopefully.

Now, men stand and women sit, so I guess women's acoustics are better and less splash, with the exception of a Thai toilet, then it's just a plain mess. However, I did once see a country girl here go upside a palm tree and it worked well, an acquired talent I guess.

Then we have the socially elite who say "I'm going to take a tinkle". I assume that's the lot who have been bothering HHAD lately?

We could go on and on until empty so best to just shake it now and finish. Pete

Post by **chelsea** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:05 pm

Chas, if you cannot get your head around the word piss.

What answer do you have to the use of Bollocks in the english language.
I will be very interested to hear

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:17 pm

Uses of the word bollocksed:

1. a state of exhaustion: "I couldn't sleep at all last night, I'm completely bollocksed!"

2. as a synonym for broken: "My foot pump is completely bollocksed."

3. to refer to a botched job: "Well you bollocksed it up that time, Your Majesty!" or "I'm sorry I am so late. Bollocksed up at work again, I fear. Millions down the drain."[3]

4. to describe an extreme state of inebriation or drug imbibement: "Last night I got completely bollocksed."[4]

5. to refer to the after effects of such (see 4) activity : "I drank two bottles of gin last night, I'm completely bollocksed."

Post by **Nereus** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:19 pm

TIT, she did not have a pot to piss in, before Khun Farang came along...........

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:24 pm

Americans are not so familiar with the term:
http://english2american.com/dictionary/funnyplate.jpg

Post by **DawnHRD** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:27 pm

prcscct wrote:Then why do men say "I'm going to take a piss" and women say "I'm going to take a pea or pee?" Nothing to do with Thai ghosts here, hopefully.

Now, men stand and women sit, so I guess women's acoustics are better and less splash, with the exception of a Thai toilet, then it's just a plain mess. However, I did once see a country girl here go upside a palm tree and it worked well, an acquired talent I guess.

Then we have the socially elite who say "I'm going to take a tinkle". I assume that's the lot who have been bothering HHAD lately?

We could go on and on until empty so best to just shake it now and finish. Pete

Because, historically, women use(d) nicer language. P is the initial letter of piss, so it's slightly nicer - as far as I know.

Anyway, really genteel people would never say what they were going to do, so, even the tinkle version is out if you really want to be hi-so.