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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall."
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"text": "I'm not getting into a pissing contest with him over who has the fastest car."
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"ref": "1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, Scribner",
"text": "She won him in a pissing contest.",
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"ref": "2011 Allen Gregory, \"Pilot\" (season 1, episode 1)",
"text": "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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"(vulgar, slang) A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter."
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"word": "dick-measuring contest"
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"word": "kauneuskilpailu"
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"word": "tuppfäktning"
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"sense": "pointless competition",
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"sense": "pointless competition",
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"word": "concours de bite"
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"sense": "pointless competition",
"word": "tuppfäktning"
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"sense": "pointless competition",
"word": "sidik yarışı"
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