It's an extreme for "irony" - dissimulation (so extreme that I should add a /J). In other regions it would be "to fuck with someone".
I never understood the exact source of the expression. It could have been the mockery of stealing urine from the poor (who could actually sell it - I believe for example it is still used in tanneries around the world).
It's an extreme for "irony" - dissimulation (so extreme that I should add a /J). In other regions it would be "to fuck with someone".
I never understood the exact source of the expression. It could have been the mockery of stealing urine from the poor (who could actually sell it - I believe for example it is still used in tanneries around the world).