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pissing my leg 

Origin: Ireland. Contraction of "taking the piss off someone" and "pulling the leg".

The first occurrences of the phrases were reported from the early 2010's in Cork, Ireland.

Firstly an involuntary mix between the two aforementioned expressions, it quickly became popular.
-Do you know that they will close the dress shop you like and will open a DYI one instead?

-Stop pissing my leg! It can't be true!
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pissing on my leg 

Contraction of 'Are you taking the piss?' and 'Are you pulling my leg?'.

1. A phrase of inquiry when trying to determine if:
a) something is not entirely factual;
b) something has been exaggerated;
c) sarcasm was present in a statement; or
d) you have been teased or mocked.

2. An exclamation of disbelief.
Are you pissing on my leg?

Don't you dare piss on my leg, you've pissed on my leg before.
pissing on my leg by youngupstart September 4, 2010

pissing down my leg 

chewing someone out; severe reprimand; the act of verbally punishing someone for a misdeed.
Because I did not finish the project on time, my boss spent half of the morning pissing down my leg.
pissing down my leg by YONEIGHBOR November 12, 2009

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026