piss up

noun, verb — 3 senses

piss-up

nounalso spelled piss-up
1

Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Slang, Vulgar A party where people consume alcohol.

  • . . . passed: all bullshitted up for the pictures or a piss-up in the town.1950, Jocelyn Greene, The Goose Cathedral, The Bodley Head, page 14:
  • Last night a bunch of them turned out to a pub near Edgeware [sic] Road tube (where a few of them had helped treat the injured on the 7th), and we had a good old-fashioned piss-up courtesy of Europhobia's generous readers.2005, Tim Worstall, 2005: Dispatches from the Blogosphere, The Friday Project, p 228
1 more example
  • Therefore with the blessing of Lizzie (herself too upset to attend) Rupert had arranged a sort of pre-wake piss-up in the function room of his London club with a malt whisky tasting, several real ales on tap and a takeaway curry delivered.2010, Ben Elton, Meltdown, page 202:
Derived terms
couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
Related terms
piss, pissed

piss up

verb
1

Informal, Vulgar to screw up, make a mess of

2

Informal, Vulgar to blunder, to make a mistake

Related terms
piss up a rope, piss up the wall, piss it up the wall

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