piss
v. or n., s. or pl.
1. Urine. eeewww.
2. Drunk: "I was soooo pissed last night."
3. Teasing someone or joking around: "Are you taking the piss?"
Editor's Note: This one took a little getting used to for a wholesome Connecticut boy like me. I kept doing double-takes when people would ask if I was taking the piss. "Um, no. You'd know if I was." Trouble is that my American sarcasm is confusing to the Brits because they are used to British people coming out with that stuff, but not so much the Americans. So I was constantly being asked about the activity of my intestinal tract.
Editor's Note (2): In Ireland, it's not "taking the piss" but instead "pulling the piss." How quaint. Don't hold it against them!
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