are you taking the p**s?

[tommy666]

ive always wondered where the phrase taking the micky comes from. ive thought that maybe it could be like rhyming slang, as in short for taking the mickey mouse. i have no idea what this could rhyme with, but there are other rhyming slang phrases with this sort of... thing. like are you having a bubble, short for are you having a bubble bath, rhyming slang for are you having a laugh. are you taking the mickey, short for are you taking the mickey mouse, rhyming slang for ???. lol im not sure at all about this theory, and i have nothing to base it on at all. does anyone know the real story behind taking the mickey?

[kempie]

This may be the explanation.

[lankeela]

micturate means the same as urinate, so taking the mick is the same as taking the p**s

[Quizmonster]

Click here for a much more likely derivation of 'take the P'. At least it is provided by the noted lexicographer and etymologist, Michael Quinion.