[Ads-l] to piss

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 10 23:49:43 UTC 2016


and cf. also the preference, from our earlier thread, for having one's adversary inside the tent pissing out rather than outside the tent pissing in.

LH

> On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> To move (_out of_ a place) quickly.
> 
> 2005 U.S. soldier in Ramadi, in Michael Ware et al. _Only the Dead See the
> End of War_ (film):  We shoulda pissed outta here.
> 
> Cf. _Piss off!_
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> JL
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