stupid question

[scottroo]

after aureleos comments about adelaide being a pissant town, it got me thinking does the word actually refer to the animal?

[Dirko]

What word, and who's aureleos ?

[the big bang]

the word - pissant

the bloke - aureleo vidmar (adelaide united coach, part time nut-job!!)

sorry if the spelling is off!

[Dirko]

Piss-ant = One that is insignificant.

Pretty well sums it up really !!

[JAS]

Pissant (the whole word) is a type of ant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissant

According to the Oxford Consise Dictionary pissant used as an insult is 17th century USA slang from piss + ant.

I think that might mean it's derived from piss rather than ant

Others might know better though.

Regards
JAS

[Wedgie]

Pissant, pronounced like croissant and is French for perfect.
Viddy was actually being complimentary with a word he picked up when playing overseas.

[Booney]

Soccer coahes are a by-product of the sport they are involved in. It is hard enough watching a 0-0 draw, or for that matter even reading the result, imagine being in charge of one!

[The Ash Man]

Pissant, pronounced like croissant and is French for perfect.
Viddy was actually being complimentary with a word he picked up when playing overseas.

Thanks Cornesey!
Why does he always have to turn everything into something that it clearly is not
Bring back KG!

[JK]

Pissant, pronounced like croissant and is French for perfect.
Viddy was actually being complimentary with a word he picked up when playing overseas.

Thanks Cornesey!
Why does he always have to turn everything into something that it clearly is not
Bring back KG!

KG might have been the same but he had enough trouble with English

[Drop Bear]

I'd be a bit upset as well after watching my team get flogged by the same team........again.

[Psyber]

Pissant, pronounced like croissant and is French for perfect.
Viddy was actually being complimentary with a word he picked up when playing overseas.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pissant
pissant - 3 dictionary results
piss⋅ant [pis-ant]
–noun
1. Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
2. Obsolete. an ant.

–adjective
3. Slang: Vulgar. insignificant or worthless.

Origin: 1655–65, in sense “ant”; piss + ant, prob. orig. on the model of pismire

Alternatively there is a French word meaning powerful.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puissant

[Wedgie]

I was joking Psyber.

[Psyber]

I was joking Psyber.

Yes I got that Wedgie.
I posted the details because I thought some other people may be interested in the resemblance of the words from two different sources.

[Wedgie]

No worries mate, an interesting point you did bring up the was the word puissant which although meaning powerful only refers to powerful as in a nation being strong or a royal or even a scholar, etc not directly as in brute strength. I think its one of those words in another language that we don't quite have an equivilent to in our language.
Your post got me thinking about the south of France as when I was travelling through Marseilles I got my french from a girl next door, teaching me night and day. We became lovers while she was employed part time as a grape stomper (man she looked good covered in purple grape juice). She was also a scholar at the local French University (I think it was named Aix-Marseille or something similar) and she pointed out this interesting word to me as we sipped real champagne whilst having a picnic in her fathers vineyards. Im sure a good man like yourself appreciates real champagne and not the imitation stuff that was on sale for so many years down here.
Ahh young Dominique, how I miss those days when we passionately made love in the southern French fields under a full moon in a the middle of a European summer. We used to go at it like 2 lobsters knowing their fate was having their lives boiled away in minutes.
Just the other day she bought me a box of french cigars and bought me a black beret.
It makes me want to pack my suitcase, take a chance, Ive got nothing to lose.

[Pseudo]

Pissant, pronounced like croissant and is French for perfect.

Ca n'est pas vrai... vous avez tort mon petit coq. On traduit "perfect" comme "parfait" en Francais.

[Pseudo]

I'd be a bit upset as well after watching my team get flogged by the same team........again.

Kind of ironic coming from an Eagles fan

[Q.]

Are you for real Wedgie, 'cause that is a top yarn?!

[Rik E Boy]

I'd be a bit upset as well after watching my team get flogged by the same team........again.

Kind of ironic coming from an Eagles fan

LMAO. Sausage Roll to Shoe Doh.

regards,

REB