QUIZZES
DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?
"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
Question 1 of 10
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Idioms for piss
Origin of piss
1250–1300; Middle English pissen < Old French pissier < Vulgar Latin *pisiāre (imitative)
Words nearby piss
pisistratus, pismire, pismo clam, pisolite, pisolith, piss, piss about, piss artist, piss away, piss off, piss-poor
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British Dictionary definitions for piss off (1 of 2)
piss off
verb (adverb) slang
(tr; often passive) to annoy, irritate, or disappoint
(intr) mainly British to go away; depart, often used to dismiss a person
British Dictionary definitions for piss off (2 of 2)
piss
/ (pɪs) slang /
verb
(intr) to urinate
(tr) to discharge as or in one's urineto piss blood
noun
Word Origin for piss
C13: from Old French pisser, probably of imitative origin
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Idioms and Phrases with piss off
piss off
Make very angry, as in That letter pissed me off, or She was pissed off because no one had called her. [Vulgar slang; 1940s]
Go away, as in Piss off and stop bothering me. [Vulgar slang; mid-1900s]
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