purple piss

A racist term for Japanese men; noted by their screams during WWII when performing Banzai rushes.

Made famous by General George S. Patton.

"We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

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purple-pissing

In the context of the Patton speech, gentian violet was used to treat venereal disease. This was The Man insinuating that all the enemy soldiers had VD.

"We want to get the hell over there and clean the goddamn thing up, and then get at those purple-pissing Japs"