piss-take

Vulgar British teasing

A piss-take is British slang for a mocking joke or parody, something that makes fun of a target: The whole speech was a piss-take of corporate jargon.

To take the piss means to mock or ridicule: Are you taking the piss?

The phrase can also mean to exploit or push limits: Charging that much is really taking the piss.

mockery

send-up

Mocking imitation of something

leg-pull · wind-up · roast · ribbing · tease · joke · gag · jab · dig · put-on

imitation

caricature

Exaggerated comic depiction

pastiche · mimicry · sendup · exaggeration · sketch · skit · satire · burlesque · travesty · farce

Opposites
sincerity

piss-taketribute

Offering of respect

homage · veneration · eulogy · panegyric · encomium

seriousness

piss-takeliteral interpretation

Taking words at face value

Family

piss, take, pissed, pisses, pissing, takes, taken, taking, taker

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