pissbaby

English

Etymology

From piss +‎ baby.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪsˌbeɪbi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pissbaby (plural pissbabies)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) A whiny or immature person.
   • 1998 December 26, Yasha Rris, “Re: Best game ever? Almost!”, in alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The rest of the people I flame either insult me for something they misinterpreted and didn't care to ask me about, or act like a little pissbaby and badmouth other people.

   • 2004 August 6, -linux_lad [username] (quoting unknown), “Re: My monthly display of good will to a2600w”, in alt.2600.warez‎^[2] (Usenet):

     > *sniffle* You're breaking ma heart, pissbaby. Whine some more
     > about how much you fucking hate me. You're making me laugh even
     > harder.

   • 2005, Charlie Brooker, Screen Burn, Faber and Faber Limited, →ISBN, page 74:

     It's just that I've been watching a lot of MTV recently, and simply don't understand what it is all these nu-metal pissbabies are getting so worked up about.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pissbaby.