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piss-take noun

• an act or instance of mocking someone or something.
Similar: take-off, satire, send-up, burlesque, lampoon, pastiche, caricature, skit, squib, imitation, impression, impersonation, mockery, mimicry, travesty, spoof, mickey-take, pappyshow, pasquinade, pasticcio,
Origin: 1970s: from the phrase take the piss out of.


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