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Use in varieties of Scots

piss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.8 33.9 6 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7366 4 2 0 0 1
Number of authors27 21 4 1 1

Occurrences of piss in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ladle!' before proceedin tae piss hersel even harder. As wur hu on page 36

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
nt, make him a laughin stock, piss aff the management an best of on page 23

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Shut it, wee man, n piss aff, . on page 39

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ht aye. Acoorse. Ah'm oan the piss. Syne nichts were no sic sair on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
chter, an a man cam oot for a piss agin the gavel waa. Adam wis on page 59

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
They tuik the piss richt oot o him And he oot o on page 22
Nick seemed ti be takkin the piss oot o himsel. He wis jabbin h on page 73

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae hit me he wisnae takin the piss efter aw. on page 17
ressions that he is aboot tae piss in his pants, there and then. on page 42
ocean ae steamin hoat rancid piss and he kin place yae there aw on page 65
he Leith Young Team's weekend piss up. Different days fae when m on page 69
he doesnae decide tae take a piss oan it. The poor sod seems a on page 150
Also on pages 153, 168, 170, 174, 187, 199
12 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
scandalous, an it's takin thi piss on page 16
You guys ir takin thi piss, on page 48
A Piss Christmas on page 89
eh kin piss in this sink an go aboot on page 103
huts yir pluck, yir takin thi piss on page 107

6 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
or class are always takin the piss oot her fur it. Alasdair Kelm on page 46
, she said, Why don't yi jist piss off back tae yir auld maw whe on page 66
t ah knew she'd jist take the piss oot me fur no knowin so ah ji on page 71
lassie an evrubdy ripped the piss ootae you cause ae whit yi wo on page 103
hether or no he wis takin the piss .cause right after he said it on page 141
Also on pages 142, 147, 169
12 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ye think micht rip ye aff an piss aff wi aa yer loot? on page 107

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
art o the reason why ah'd the piss ripped oot o me in the wee sc on page 21

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rs. She's oblivious until the piss soaks through hur shoe. Aunty on page 33
wagon at the school takin the piss oot o Cathy's ears. So there' on page 64
combination o shitey food and piss. Get Well Soon cards litter b on page 86

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
, fir fu...' Ah smelt the het piss as it run doon the hent o ma on page 17
b had felt the same man's het piss oan hes back, drookin hes sar on page 19

2 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t that folk start to take the piss and laugh at you for it."
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ers havnae just told them tae piss aff and go hame to thurr beds
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ence the varied assortment ay piss watter.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n ay Miller Pilsner - fuckin piss watter but it’ll need tae d
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the time it’s him takin the piss at any given opportunity. Ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae drap oot ay university tae piss aboot wae yer nae good waster
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
bvious waiy doon. ‘Piece ay piss.’ McDade sais, edgin forwar
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the hing. It wis ma money tae piss up against a wall, no hur’s
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
oyed that we wis takin’ the piss oot o’ the new Oor Wullie a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eyes tae the lanky streak ay piss, Monty pullin a sword oot fae
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
in my place I dinnae want tae piss ye off.(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
n if ye don't back the team". piss off. fans pay gid money tae w(2017) search twitter
t's no like england tae get a piss easy group...(2014) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
nnin ffs! Some cunt takin the piss here ur whit! Fuck right aff!(2019) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
ewis thought he wis takin the piss. There ye go! He wis fae Camb (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ee bit sarcasm and taking the piss in your reply btw - i only g (2021) twitter link
sport naw naw - you took the piss in your reply its there for a (2021) twitter link
@GilesGraeme defo a big piss take guys - hrp promotions r (2020) twitter link
thats fine - get it wrong n piss people off - theres gonna b (2020) twitter link
respect - so dinnae take the piss - its fucking maradona btw (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
leggies across aahin. Use tae piss us off cus we wid hiv tae mak
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
LeftPeggers I agree, biles ma piss ah these polarised views, nua (2023) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
ec do you ever think och jist piss off n leave us alane fir a ni(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
day the day. Done nithing bit piss o rain a'day and stopped me f(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an oot bottles o bus drivers' piss on page 12
He came fae a long line o piss-takkers, on page 34

2 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
nes. Onyway, it's "pish", no "piss". (2016) twitter link