Phrase guide
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adj
Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, not-comparable, vulgar
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adj
Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly, not-comparable, vulgar
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adj
Denoting an old man who marries a young woman, implying the only erection he could muster would be prompted by the bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, derogatory, not-comparable
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adj
Paruretic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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History
From piss (“urine”) + proud. Appears in Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796): : “PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his — was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife”.
