more PIPs, except as consumers, of course.
Not so! The world needs plenty of PIPs
to pay taxes.pipen. an easy course in school. Take this
course. It’s a pipe. I don’t want a full
load of pipes. I want to learn something.
pipe downin. to become quiet; to cease
making noise; to shut up. (Especially as a
rude command.) Pipe down! I’m try-
ing to sleep. Come on! Pipe down and
get back to work!
pipped (up)mod. alcohol intoxicated.
I’m not drunk. Just a little pipped up.
She’s pipped and ready to get sick.
pipsqueakn. a small or timid man or boy.
(Also a term of address.) Shut up, you
little pipsqueak, or I’ll hit you. I may
be a pipsqueak, but I am a gentleman.
piss 1. in. to urinate. (Usually objection-
able.) Who pissed on the f loor of the
john? 2. n. urine. (Usually objectionable.)
You got piss on your pants leg. 3. n. bad
beer; bad liquor; any bad-tasting or poor
quality liquid. (Usually objectionable.)
How about another can of that piss you
serve here?
pissant and piss-ant 1. n. a wretched and
worthless person. Look, you silly piss-
ant, beat it! Wally is such a little pissant!
- mod. worthless. I don’t want this lit-
tle pissant piece of pie. Give me a real
piece. Who is this pissant shithead who
thinks he can tell me what to do?
piss aroundin. to waste time; to be inef-
ficient at something. (Usually objection-
able.) She’s just pissing around. She’ll
never finish. I can’t piss around here all
day! Let’s get going!
piss blood 1. tv. to experience great anxi-
ety. (Usually objectionable. See also
sweat blood.) He made me piss blood
before he agreed. 2. tv. to expend an
enormous amount of energy. (Usually
objectionable. See also sweat blood.)
I pissed blood to come in first in the race.
piss-cutter and piss-whizn.an extraor-
dinary person; someone who can do the
impossible. (Usually objectionable.)
Sam is a real piss-cutter when it comes to
running. Tod’s no piss-whiz as a batter,
but he can really pitch!pissed 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) He was really
pissed. He was so pissed he could hardly
stand up. 2. mod. angry. (Potentially of-
fensive, even though it is heard widely.
See also piss someone off.) I was so
pissed I could have screamed. He’s come
back, and he’s sure pissed.pissed off about someone or something
Go to pissed (off) (at someone or
something).pissed (off) (at someone or something)
and pissed off about someone or
somethingmod. very angry with or
about someone or something. (Usually
objectionable.) She’s always pissed off
about something. Man, is that guy
pissed off!piss elegantmod. very pretentious; overly
elegant. (Usually objectionable.) Man,
this place is piss elegant. Look at them
lamp shades! I ain’t never seen such a
piss-elegant bathroom!pisser 1. n. a urinal; a place [room, re-
stroom] to urinate. (Usually objection-
able.) Who keeps missing the pisser? 2.
n. a remarkable thing or person. (Usually
objectionable.) Man, isn’t he a real
pisser! Have you ever seen anybody bat like
that? She’s no pisser, but she can get the
job done. 3. n. a terribly funny joke. (You
laugh so hard you wet your pants. Jocu-
lar. Usually objectionable.) He told a
real pisser and broke up the entire class.
Hey, you wanna hear a real pisser?piss factoryn. a bar, tavern, or saloon.
(Usually objectionable.) I stopped in at
the piss factory for a round or two. Fred
spends far too much time at the piss fac-
tory.pisshead 1. n. a wretched and disgusting
person. (Rude and derogatory.) Hey,
pisshead! Clean up that mess! How can
you even think of going out with a pisshead
like Sam? 2. n. a drunkard; a drunken
person. (Rude and derogatory.) Some
old pisshead in the gutter must have givenpipe