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pissing contest

noun

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.

  2. A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.

    • I'm not getting into a pissing contest with him over who has the fastest car.
    • She won him in a pissing contest.
    • Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?

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