Where do we get the expression "to take the mickey"?

TabbyTom

Eric Partridge and the Oxford English Dictionary don't offer an explanation. Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that it's truncated rhyming slang ("mickey" being allegedly short for "Mickey Bliss"), but it doesn't offer any evidence. Aug 21 04, 3:47 PM

nzhou

Would that be rhyming slang for taking the piss. Aug 22 04, 4:12 AM

TabbyTom

Yes. I didn't think the filter would let us type that word. Aug 22 04, 10:53 AM

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