pissy

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English

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Etymology

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From piss +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pissy (comparative pissier, superlative pissiest)(slang, vulgar)

  1. Soaked or dirtied by urine.
    David's father immediately threw his baby's pissy clothes into the wash.
  2. Resembling or smelling like urine.
    • 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:
      Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's".
    I admit the car still has a pissy smell from what happened last year.
    1. (of rain) Weak and drizzly.
      I wish these pissy rain showers would either build up into a storm or go away.
  3. Anal retentive, whinging and pernickety.
    Stop being pissy: you knew what I meant when I said "Don't touch the dial", but you prodded the dial with a fork.
  4. Annoyed; angry; in a bad mood; pissed off.
    Synonyms: shitty; see also Thesaurus:annoyed; Thesaurus:angry

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