A myth about piss poor

A myth about the phrase piss poor

[@chrislj2890]

My favorite phrase is "piss off". No misunderstanding with that one, lol.

[@TimLambert101]

The first recorded use of the phrase piss off was in 1935

[@chrislj2890]

@@TimLambert101 I don't know why but your matter of fact comeback makes me chuckle.

[@lifewriter7455]

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[@trainnerd3029]

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[@johnycache]

That comment is piss poor.

[@tumm1192]

Mr. Lambert, I love these micro educational videos!

[@TimLambert101]

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[@Lilpeanut9]

Do do do, the more you know. Lol thanks for the video ❤

[@TimLambert101]

You're welcome

[@weejim48]

I like the explanation. And I definitely like the old sayings. Could be because I’m old myself. Another saying that we used to come out with as an insult was “ not worth a blow on a rag mans trumpet “. 🤣🤣🤣 . I don’t know where that comes from but it still makes me laugh. 👍👍

[@carvinlambert6899]

We were so poor in the 1960's , that this was normal saying, and it was used by everyone , daily.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

Alliteration never hurts to enhance the effect.

[@caeserromero3013]

What about 'taking the p1ss'?

[@TimLambert101]

The phrase taking the piss was first recorded in the 1940s. Its believed it comes from the phrase piss proud meaning very proud. Taking the piss out of someone originally meant taking a boastful person down a peg or two. It came to mean mocking someone.

[@Aranck-kcnarA]

​@@TimLambert101.. Back in the late 1970s I had an altercation in high school with a bully who was picking on a developmentally disabled student. I proceeded to give him a thorough beat down when he took a swing at me, resulting in me being suspended and my father being called to come pick me up. I'll never forget my father telling the principal after he found out the details of what happened, that "my boy is full of more piss and vinegar than any of these kids, and he knows how and when to use it"

[@handimanjay6642]

In Roman days collecting and paying for urine was profitable because it was then resold to laundry facilities that let it turn to ammonia then used it to was clothes with.

[@TimLambert101]

Yes but that has nothing to do with the saying

[@jfranklin9549]

Urine trouble now. 😂

[@stejer211]

If you speak more slowly and make the pauses even longer, you can easily stretch the video to 10 minutes.

[@TimLambert101]

I doubt if people want to watch such a long video

[@HenryHobson-uc2bk]

LOL Tony robinson once did a feature, worlds worst jobs or something?, some bloke gathered up the pi$$ from the pots and sold it for making wool cloth. My grandad (1900-1988, God rest his soul) often used to say when referring to bankers, politicians, capitalist gangsters, newspaper editors etc....they all pi$$ in the same pot

[@TimLambert101]

Urine certainly was used at one time but that is not the origin of the saying.

[@HenryHobson-uc2bk]

@@TimLambert101 yeah, i understand that tim loosen up mate😁

[@JenAnnGray30]

Well you learn something new everyday

[@TimLambert101]

Thank you

[@michaelharrison8036]

Go to Morocco and see how they make leather there.

[@TimLambert101]

They once used it in Britain but that is not the origin of the phrase

[@michaelharrison8036]

@@TimLambert101 Aaah! But that's a very interesting report I had no idea! 👍👍