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Old 14-10-2006, 05:34
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Originally Posted by marc26 View Post
i mentioned the phrase to a couple of the canucks I work with and they never heard
one of them has been to england and has many friends there

Have they heard the phrase "taking the Mick"?
Cockney rhyming slang for piss is Micky Bliss, so taking the piss became taking the mick. Both phrases became popular in the 1930s.
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