See piss proud on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From piss (“urine”) + proud. Appears in Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796):\n: “PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his — was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife”.",
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"ref": "1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 150:",
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"(British, vulgar) Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or \"empty\" erection."
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"ref": "2000, Sandra Gulland, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B, page 30:",
"text": "And my guess is that his piss-proud father told him...",
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"ref": "2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291:",
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"(British, vulgar, by extension) Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality."
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"(British, derogatory, dated) Denoting an old man who marries a young woman, implying the only erection he could muster would be prompted by the bladder."
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"ref": "1998, Richard H. Stratton, Kim Wozencraft, Slam: The Book, page 106:",
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"etymology_text": "From piss (“urine”) + proud. Appears in Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796):\n: “PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his — was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife”.",
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"(British, vulgar) Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or \"empty\" erection."
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