Taking the mickey out

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The term sometimes refers to a form of mockery in which the mocker exaggerates the other person’s characteristics; pretending to take on his or her attitudes, etc., in order to make them look funny. Or it may be used to refer to a ruse where a person is led to believe something is true that is not (usually a fairly unbelievable story) for the purpose of ridicule of the subject.
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T](Taking the piss - Wikipedia)his is such a British thing. Do Americans have anything similar to that

Have you ever tried doing that to someone you know? Was it fun?

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Erm, I actually think it's more common in Pakistani culture.

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^Only in recent years.

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"Taking the mic" has many meanings all of which are not congruent with one another. Sometimes it is an expression of disbelief and at other times it is a joke, and at other times it is used in place of sarcasm ... The context where I believe it is used for Pakistanis is when it means "teasing".

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I have never heard of this. And Amreekins do we have something like this too, that I don’t know about :hmmm:?

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^I doubt it.

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You obviously don't hang out with Pakistani males.

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I'm pretty sur ewe do. It's called a sense of humor.

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Hahahahahaha … :clown:

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This is not a British thing - this is a typical IRISH yoke ! I mean the origin of the phrase :)

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micky,edit...wat??