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[โ€“] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surprisingly, there is actually a wiki page on the matter:

Wikipedia.org - Taking the Piss

Roughly covers the following:
1

  • mocking someone
  • making a joke at someone's expense

2

  • saying/doing something unbelievable
  • doing something unfair
  • taking more than your fair share

"Are you taking the piss?" is pretty similar to "You've got to be joking, mate!" or "are you fucking kidding me!?!"

[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

ok this makes sense with the loafing. Sounds like variation of taking more than your fair share but instead not doing your fair share.