Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not have a pot to piss in

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: not have a pot -to pis-s in
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To possess no money or resources.

Slang

Example Sentences

"When I grew up, my family was so poor we didn't have a pot to piss in, so we pissed in other people's pots. We'd break into people's houses in the dead of night, find people's pots and take a giant piss in them because we had accumulated full bladders from holding down urine all day long from waiting to piss in people's pots."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of (alternative)

Phrases

piss-poor two pennies to rub together without a pot to piss in

Frequently Paired Words

piss-poor two pennies to rub together without a pot to piss in

Questions

What does not have a pot to piss in mean?: To possess no money or resources.

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