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taking the mickey 

Joking, doing something without intent.

Making fun of someone or something.

A less offensive way of saying taking the piss.
"That was funny!"
Her prominent eyes swam with tears as she gasped for breath, staring at Ron. Utterly nonplussed, he looked around at the others, who were now laughing at the expression on Ron's face and at the ludicrously prolonged laughter of Luna Lovegood, who was rocking backwards and forwards, clutching her sides.
"Are you taking the mickey?" said Ron, frowning at her.
"Baboon's … backside!" she choked, holding her ribs. -Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
taking the mickey by Cassi S. August 6, 2005

Take the Mickey

To take the rise out of someone - to make fun of them. This is Cockney rhyming slang, Mickey Bliss = piss.
Leave it out, mate, don't take the Mickey.
Take the Mickey by Wombling Free October 18, 2012

PhotoNegative Mickey 

an inverted mickey costume, found on trasure island, created from the creepypasta abandoned by disney , its blood is yellow
PhotoNegative Mickey: hey you wanna see my head come off
PhotoNegative Mickey by corruptus December 9, 2020

Sketch Master Mickey Mike 

A) A person or situation in which the intentions are not thorough or are lacking detail, usually to the point where feelings of upmost discomfort and anxiety are the norm for all who surround the culprit. Sketch Master Mickey Mike is usually referenced when one wants to leave a situation permanently and never return again for fear of a mugging, raping, death, or combination of all three.

B) Someone who is shady or shifty, more so than most. Picture a trench coat.

C) The master of sketchy.

(Note that the culprit doesn't have to be named Mike.)
Dude, remember that guy who tried to sell us tweak on the corner after he asked for directions to the abortion clinic? He was Sketch Master Mickey Mike.

Sorry Mickey! 

A sarcastic way of saying sorry, when you really don't mean it, and everyone knows that you don't mean it. More effective when said in a sweet, high-pitched voice and accompanied by a shrug and a smile.
"Hey, you ate all the chips!" "Sorry Mickey!"
Sorry Mickey! by aderbac March 18, 2009

Take the Mickey out of 

This phrase is not new; the full phrase is "to take the Mickey (out of someone)"
Britons have been using this figure of speech for decades, if not centuries. A "Mickey" of course, is a "Mick": a pejorative, racist term for an Irishman (so nicknamed because so many Irish surnames begin with Mc- or Mac-) It is a common stereotype, in both the UK and USA, that Irish men have volatile tempers, like to brawl, and make good boxers. So, To "take the Mickey (out of someone)" means to take the fight, the vigor, the gravity, the self-importance out of them, by mocking them, usually in a very subtle way.
Headmaster: "...so I expect you boys to comport yourself with the full dignity befitting students of this establishment of secondary learning."

Student: "Oh yes, we will sir. We'll even wear our school blazers to bed."

Headmaster: "If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to take the Mickey out of me!"