piss-takery

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English

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Etymology

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From piss-take +‎ -ery, compare take the piss.

Noun

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piss-takery (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly British, slang) The act of taking the piss.
    • 2013 October 10, Trevor Johnston, “Romeo and Juliet [film review]”, in Time Out[1]:
      If they can’t make Shakespeare’s language their own, the passionate, tragic emotions on the page simply become the stuff of cliché – making ‘Wherefore art thou, Romeo?’ ripe for comedic piss-takery.