where does the phrase pissing contest come from
Pissing contest The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines a pissing contest as "a competition to see who can urinate the farthest or highest" and (in extended use) as "any contest which is futile or purposeless especially ones pursued in a conspicuously aggressive manner."[2] The first cited use of the phrase comes from a 1943 Study and Investigation of Federal Communications Committee hearing before the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate F.C.C. where a politician[who?] was quoted as saying: "You boys have to understand .. that I have to deal with a combination like that of Hartley-David; it is like having a pissing contest with a skunk." The OED's first citation of pissing match is from a December 1971 Washington Post story that says "One Western diplomat ... discounting the significance of the Sino-Soviet arguments ... described it as 'a pissing match, and I'm glad not to be caught in the crossfire'".[citation needed]
Blowing a raspberry Blowing a raspberry comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for "fart".[3][4] Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things that would be unacceptable to a polite audience. The term "Bronx cheer" is ironic because it is not a cheer. It is used to show disapproval. The term may originate with crowd behavior at the stadium of the New York Yankee baseball team located in the Bronx NY.