pissing contest

noun

chiefly US, informal + impolite

: a competition between rivals to determine superiority, predominance, or leadership

called also pissing match

Examples of pissing contest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And there, Guadagnino says, gesturing to a section covered by a red tarp, is where his team built the men’s bathrooms where some computer scientists have a pissing contest. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above