Meaning of piss-take | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instance of taking the piss.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar
2. A parody.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar
3. An unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar

Examples

“You don't mind⟳ me saying this, but this is not a piss-take, is it? Because I know⟳ a few impressionists and you could be one of them.”

“The slogan reminds me of Team America, the puppet piss-take of Bush era military interventionism brought to you by the creators of Whale Whores ('America: fuck, yeah!'). But this is no piss-take.”

“What's so funny about Maggie Smith's dowager of Downton is that it's basically a piss-take; but so good a piss-take that everyone takes it for real, because that's how we'd like⟳ to view⟳ our decaying aristocracy.”

““Within minutes, Damon had penned this superb Western theme tune⟳, and I made up some words, a complete⟳ piss-take which went, 'I wanna sing⟳ in a Western, walk⟳ like⟳ big John Wayne, I wanna kill⟳ a hudred injuns, then shoot⟳ myself in the brain.' The rest⟳ of the class were gobsmacked because it sounded amazing, but they just didn't get⟳ it, it was a total piss-take.”

“this job is a piss take⟳.”

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