Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar)Someone who is frequently drunk.

  2. (UK, slang, vulgar)Someone who frequently ridicules or shows contempt for others.

  3. (UK, slang, vulgar)Someone who is incompetent, often a person who purports to be competent yet consequently produces botched results.

Origin

From piss + artist, variously from pissed as a synonym for drunk, take the piss out of as

From piss + artist, variously from pissed as a synonym for drunk, take the piss out of as synonym for mock, and piss as a general term of contempt.

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Forms

plural: piss artists

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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