to piss oneself
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- phrasal verb
- /pɪs wʌnˈsɛlf/
- Offensive
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mearse
- He was laughing so hard during the comedy show that he nearly pissed himself.
- looks like you pissed yourself
Examples
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I've pissed myself.
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You better take him home, he's pissed himself.
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I think he pissed himself.
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You piss yourself or something?
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Let's get you outside before you piss yourself.
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Um, okay, one time I pissed myself in my boyfriend's car.
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William, stop it, you're going to make him piss himself.
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I nearly pissed myself.
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He pissed himself, man.
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One second he's pissing himself 'cause he's afraid we might actually run into the Fox, the next he's complaining 'cause we probably won't.
Synonyms
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To let out the body's yellow liquid
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To feel very frightened or surprised and often accidentally poop yourself
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To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
To accidentally wet your clothes because you feel very scared, very excited, or laugh too hard
To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment
To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared
Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked
To accidentally dirty your clothes with waste from your body because of fear, shock, or strong excitement
Antonyms
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- Offensive
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The combination of 'piss' (to urinate) and 'oneself' (reflexive) yields a directly inferable literal meaning ('to urinate on oneself'), so a B1 learner who knows the words will grasp the core sense. However, the frequent hyperbolic use meaning 'laugh uncontrollably' or 'become so frightened you lose bladder control' is an extended, pragmatic use and not fully predictable from the parts (and the vulgar register may obscure acceptability), so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase piss oneself comes from the literal image of someone so frightened or so amused that they piss, that is, wet oneself. So people now use it, often in a rude, exaggerated way, to mean 'laugh uncontrollably' or 'lose control because of fear'.