British slang meaning very easy — something that can be done with minimal effort.
British slang meaning very easy — something that can be done with minimal effort. Primarily used in informal British speech. The word has a slightly condescending flavor, implying that a task is almost insultingly simple. Etymology is unclear, but the usage is consistent across British slang sources.
'That test was pimpsy — I finished it in twenty minutes,' he said, looking far too pleased with himself.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, AU, slang, vulgar) Very easy.
Something so straightforward it barely counts as a challenge — piss-easy is the UK and Australian way of saying something is trivially, embarrassingly simple. It goes harder than 'easy' alone by layering on contempt for how little effort something requires. Use it when a task is so below your skill level it almost feels insulting, or to hype yourself up after breezing through something others found difficult.
(vulgar, British, NZ, Australian slang) Something easy to achieve.
(UK, informal) Something easily done or obtained.
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(UK, slang) Very easy.
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