you that hat. The cops hauled in a cou-
ple of pissheads and locked them up.pissingmod. worthless; minimal. (Usually
objectionable.) I’ll be there in one piss-
ing minute. Be quiet. I got a pissing
amount of coffee for a buck and a quarter.
pissing-matchn. an argument; a pointless
competition. (Usually objectionable.)
Let’s call a halt to this pissing-match and
get to work. That was no meeting. It was
a silly pissing-match.
piss in the windin. to do something that
is futile and counter-productive; to waste
one’s time doing something. (Usually ob-
jectionable.) Shut up! You’re just piss-
ing in the wind! I’m tired of pissing in
the wind. I’m gonna look for a new job.
piss off and POin. to depart; to go away.
(Usually objectionable.) Piss off, you
jerk! Get out! PO! Get out!
Piss on it!in. To hell with it! (Usually ob-
jectionable.) Oh, piss on it! I’ve had
enough!
piss on someone or something 1. in. to
urinate on someone or something. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) That dog pissed on
my shoe! Hey, watch out! Don’t piss on
me! 2. in. to degrade or denigrate some-
one or something. (Usually objection-
able.) He spent three paragraphs pissing
on the play, then he said to go see it. He
pissed on me, and then said I tried my best.
What does that mean?
piss-poor 1. mod. of very poor quality.
(Usually objectionable.) This is piss-
poor coffee. Pay the bill and let’s go.
That’s one piss-poor car you got there. 2.
mod. without any money; broke. (Usually
objectionable.) I’m so piss-poor, I can’t
afford a newspaper. Tell those piss-poor
jerks to go beg somewhere else.
piss someone offtv. to make someone an-
gry. (Potentially offensive, even though it
is widely used. See also pissed (off).)
She really pissed me off! TThat’s enough
to piss off anybody.
piss something awaytv. to waste all of
something, such as time or money. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) He pissed away the
best possible chances.piss-whizGo to piss-cutter.pistoln. a person who is bright, quick, or
energetic. (Implying hot as a pistolor
quick as a pistol.) She’s a bright kid. A
real pistol. Ask that pistol to step over
here for a minute, would you?PITAn. [a] pain in the ass. (Initialism.
A computer abbreviation, not pro-
nounced.) The SYSOP here is a real
PITA. I wish he would leave us alone.
Who is the PITA who keeps asking the
same question over and over?pitch a bitchtv. to make a complaint.
(Crude.) You really love to pitch a bitch,
don’t you? What makes you happy?
Complain, complain! You could pitch a
bitch all day long.pitch a tentGo to make a mountain.pitchcharactern.a person, animal, or car-
toon character who delivers the major
selling message in an advertisement.
You can’t use a frog for a pitchcharacter in
a beer commercial! I think we had bet-
ter hire a celebrity for the pitchcharacter.pitch in (and help)in. to volunteer to help;
to join in completing a task. Come on,
you guys! Pitch in. If more people would
pitch in and help, we could get this job
done in no time at all.Pitch it!exclam. Throw it away! We d on’t
need it. Pitch it!pitch (the) wootv. to kiss and caress; to
woo (someone). (Old but still heard.)
They were out by the barn pitching woo.
Old Ted can hardly see any more, but he
can still pitch the woo.pits 1. n. the armpits. (Usually crude.)
Man, you have a problem in your pits.
Who’s got the smelly pits in here? 2. the
pits n. anything really bad. (Always with
thein this sense.) Life is the pits. This
whole day was the pits from beginning to
end. 3. thepits n. the depths of despair.
(Always with thein this sense. Often with
in as in the example.) It’s always the pitspits