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Posted by: catnip ( )
Date: November 11, 2011 03:42AM
Decidedly OT: Question for the Brits -

I'm re-reading "Harry Potter" (getting over flu, need light amusement) - What does it mean, "Taking the mickey?" I simply CANNOT figure it out from the context.

Thanks, everyone. Didn't know who else to ask, at this hour!

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Posted by: Pista ( )
Date: November 11, 2011 03:46AM
Re: Decidedly OT: Question for the Brits -

To tease, mock, or ridicule. And Google is usually a good place to start.

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Posted by: EssexExMo ( )
Date: November 11, 2011 04:47AM
Re: Decidedly OT: Question for the Brits -

Pista is correct

also known as 'Taking the mick' or 'Taking the michael' and is related to cockney rhyming slang
'taking the piss' (meaning to ridicule) - piss = Mickey Bliss
hence 'taking the mickey'

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Posted by: catnip ( )
Date: November 13, 2011 01:42AM
Thanks for the reply. I should have thought of Google but

then I might not have learned that bit about Cockney rhyming slang, (which drives me up the wall anyway, because I don't usually understand it - two great nations separated by a common language and all that.)

I've heard the expression "taking the piss" before; I'm pretty sure it was in a movie. Now it's going to bug me until I can think of which movie!

Thanks, guys. RfM is a veritable fountain of information, and more fun than Google!

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Posted by: orphan ( )
Date: November 13, 2011 03:05AM
Re: Decidedly OT: Question for the Brits -

Catnip, I hope you get to feeling better. My cat has been looking for you. She loves catnip. Jim

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