piss proud

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piss proud

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From piss (“urine”) + proud. Appears in Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796):

: “PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his — was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife”.

adjective piss-proud

UK, not comparable, vulgar Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection. I fucked culture for being unnatural (it was nothing but the city's piss-proud erection).
UK, broadly, not comparable, vulgar Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality. And my guess is that his piss-proud father told him...
UK, dated, derogatory, not comparable Denoting an old man who marries a young woman, implying the only erection he could muster would be prompted by the bladder.
not comparable, rare Paruretic. I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud?

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@misc{piss_proud_2026,
  title = {piss proud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piss%20proud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}