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piss proud en · ADJ

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Etymology

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”.

Meanings

1. (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). 1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 150:
2. (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... 2000, Sandra Gulland, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B, page 30:
   • Full of the strong beer brewed at the camp, the men boasted, piss proud of their sexual exploits. 2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291:
3. (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.
4. (not-comparable, rare) Paruretic.
   • I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud? 1998, Richard H. Stratton, Kim Wozencraft, Slam: The Book, page 106:

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