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gin's piss en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From gin (“Australian aboriginal woman”) + piss (“inferior alcoholic beverage”).

Meanings

  1. (Australia, slang, uncountable) Poor-quality beer.
    • Both sound like some sort of Canadian/North American gin's piss but I believe they are reasonable facsimiles of beer as we know it in the Antipodes, so I definitely would go the nearest. 2002 October 28, tediboy, “Labatt Blue vs. Molson Canadian”, in alt.beer (Usenet):
    • As we Aussies would say a seppo beer like Coors tastes like gin's piss (you don't wanna know!) compared to ours - would you like some beer with your rocky mountain water! 1998 September 29, AG, “A Winnah-Beck's Bier, Pretzels and Pinball!”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
    • but he wears a nice hat tho, for whatever that's worth. a flagon of drunken gin′s piss p'raps ? 2004 July 25, Teotwawki, “Titles for Scurvy's Life Story”, in alt.music.deep-purple (Usenet):