"piss proud" meaning in English

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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:",
          "text": "I fucked culture for being unnatural (it was nothing but the city's piss-proud erection).",
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        "Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or \"empty\" erection."
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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...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291:",
          "text": "Full of the strong beer brewed at the camp, the men boasted, piss proud of their sexual exploits.",
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        "Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality."
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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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          "word": "morning glory"
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          "word": "morning wood"
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          "word": "piss-proud"
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        "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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        "(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:",
          "text": "I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud?",
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        "Paruretic."
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        "(rare) Paruretic."
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        "not-comparable",
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  "word": "piss proud"
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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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  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "morning glory"
    },
    {
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    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English vulgarities"
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          "text": "I fucked culture for being unnatural (it was nothing but the city's piss-proud erection).",
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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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          "text": "And my guess is that his piss-proud father told him...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291:",
          "text": "Full of the strong beer brewed at the camp, the men boasted, piss proud of their sexual exploits.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality."
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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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        "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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        "(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:",
          "text": "I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud?",
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        }
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        "Paruretic."
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        "(rare) Paruretic."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "piss-proud"
    }
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  "word": "piss proud"
}