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Compare pissing contest.

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shitting match (plural shitting matches)

  1. (countable, idiomatic, vulgar, slang) A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.
    • 1999 July 22, in, “Question for NPS defenders”, in alt.music.prince[1] (Usenet):
      No prob. I just don't wanna start another shitting match. No one on AMP wants to see it except us.

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