mickey

Example Sentences

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"Where property developers are just taking the mickey, or just excess profiteering, as we know absolutely goes on... let's challenge that," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

"Maybe it's not a bad lesson to learn that you've got to have the mickey taken out of you occasionally," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

You take the mickey out of yourself and other people.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

"My friends all take the mickey," he joked.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

Doesn't necessarily have the belittling connotations of mainstream slang "Oh, that's just mickey mouse stuff!"; sometimes trivial programs can be very useful. :micro-: pref.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.