pissing-match

pissing-match
n
American
a competitive display, especially a futile one. The term, inspired by the common male pastime of competing to urinate farthest or highest, is used typically to describe displays of masculine aggres-sion or rivalry.
► 'Look sister, I don't want to get into a pis-sing contest with you, just tell me where the command bunker is.' (Screamers, US film, 1996)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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