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From kangaroo + piss (inferior liquor).

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kangaroo piss (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, vulgar, slang) Beer, especially of inferior quality.
    • 1998 July 10, Gully Foyle, “Why does Gawd need representatives? (was: Free Will (Re: Why are there atheists?))”, in talk.atheism[1] (Usenet):
      >> Yeah, or you could drink beer instead.
      >Right, Fosters (ever been kicked by a kangaroo?)
      Kangaroo piss more like it. Let's go for top shelf instead of the urinal, try something like Carlsberg or if you want Aussie beer try Cooper's Pale Ale ;^) Stix, or Cascade.
    • 1999 July 18, Dave, “CANADA IS A GOOD PLACE....”, in alt.tv.southpark[2] (Usenet):
      Hey! I was led to believe that Fosters was crap, and that the various Australian microbrews were the way to go. If that's the case, then wouldn't offering a Fosters to a visitor be an insult? Another way of saying, "Your palette[sic] probably cannot descriminate between a quality beer and kangaroo piss, so there's no need to waste the good stuff on you. Here, have a Fosters." :)
    • 2001 December 12, Skip Press, “Osama's Tape and Al Jazeera's responce[sic]”, in alt.journalism[3] (Usenet):
      Hey Billy, stop drinking kangaroo piss for breakfast and wake up.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kangaroo,‎ piss.
    • 2006, Tom Parry, Thumbs Up Australia: Hitchhiking the Outback, unnumbered page:
      Kangaroo piss is like a concentrated version of cat urine, possessing an all-pervading, unmistakeable tang.

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