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- noun vulgar, New Zealand, UK, slang an instance of
taking the piss - noun vulgar, New Zealand, UK, slang a
parody - noun vulgar, New Zealand, UK, slang an unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody
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Examples
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The name itself is a piss-take -- these songs weren't Chart Toppers.
fourfour: 2009
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The name itself is a piss-take -- these songs weren't Chart Toppers.
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In his dealings with his guests, he hit on a winning formula: piss-take disguised as solicitous concern.
Ronna and Beverly 2010
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No need to go into details, but here's one lovely piss-take of the inspirational quotations that start each of the chapters in the original: What sort of man was Duke Lotto Agamemnides?
January Books 10) Doon pgmcc 2008
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Epic fantasy, especially of the grim and gritty variety, runs the risk of getting pompous and doom-laden at one end, or becoming an out-and-out piss-take at the other.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Joe Abercrombie, Part 1 2008
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Although Pratchett's work is piss-take and Pierce's serious, her city of Corus criminal underworld and cop's world is SOOOO much like Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork that I swear I kept expecting Captain Carrot or Nobby to come running around the corner.
Reading Update 2008
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Cross the Fader could be Phoenix if they were doing an affectionate piss-take of Van Halen, which is just the kind of thing those scamps would get up to.
Jamaica (No 800) 2010
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Although Pratchett's work is piss-take and Pierce's serious, her city of Corus criminal underworld and cop's world is SOOOO much like Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork that I swear I kept expecting Captain Carrot or Nobby to come running around the corner.
SeeLight: 2008
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The cliched chord changes, bloated 24 track and 75-minute length, and dumb lyrics are all satirical swipes at nu-metal, but they can also wear on a listener who doesn't have complete interest in a piss-take on the genre.
Alex Remington: Psychostick's New Album, Sandwich: The Most Dedicated Musical Eaters Since Weird Al 2009
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By the way, if you're not even remotely interested in this traumatic soul-searching stuff - and just came here in the hope of finding a TV review or a piss-take of Liz Jones or something -please feel free to ignore this post and its links completely.
Neurotica juliette 2009
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