pissing contest

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pissing contest

noun pissing contests

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.
  2. slang, vulgar A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter. I'm not getting into a pissing contest with him over who has the fastest car.

    Similar: pissing match, pissing war, shitting match, dick-measuring contest

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noun competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall

中文尿尿比賽 /尿尿比赛 niàoniào bǐsài

noun pointless competition

中文無謂之爭 /无谓之争 wúwèizhīzhēng, 雞毛蒜皮 /鸡毛蒜皮 jīmáosuànpí, 口水戰 /口水战 kǒushuǐzhàn
Françaisconcours de bites
Italianopiscio in lungo

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@misc{pissing_contest_2026,
  title = {pissing contest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pissing%20contest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}