piss proud

alternative piss-proud

1. UKnot comparablevulgarHaving an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection.

   I fucked culture for being unnatural (it was nothing but the city's piss-proud erection).

   1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 150

2. UKbroadlynot comparablevulgarFalsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality.

   And my guess is that his piss-proud father told him...

   2000, Sandra Gulland, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B, page 30

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   Full of the strong beer brewed at the camp, the men boasted, piss proud of their sexual exploits.

   2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291

3. UKdatedderogatorynot comparableDenoting an old man who marries a young woman, implying the only erection he could muster would be prompted by the bladder.
4. not comparablerareParuretic.

   I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud?

   1998, Richard H. Stratton, Kim Wozencraft, Slam: The Book, page 106