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pissing war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
piss-ing war
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.

noun

An immature dispute over some trivial matter.

Slang

Etymology

The phrase is derived from the territorial behaviour of certain animals, such as male cats, which mark territorial claims with urine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pissing wars (plural)

Synonyms

pissing contest

Questions

What does pissing war mean?
An often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.
Where does pissing war come from?
The phrase is derived from the territorial behaviour of certain animals, such as male cats, which mark territorial claims with urine.

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