pissing contest

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pissing contest

A useless or trivial argument, competition, or comparison. Whenever Jeff and Tim hang out, they always get into this pissing contest about who's the bigger sci-fi fanatic. If you two are quite finished with your little pissing contest, do you think we might get back to work now?
See also: contest, piss
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But it's typical of his pissing-contest attitude that when a couple of them hit him up for a contribution to a worthwhile cause, he suggests they're parasites.
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