wee

[Over the top]

Is using wee to mean 'little bit' offensive? wee lad for instance. as it also means urine.
Is wee which means to urinate used by adults? my dictionary says it's childish but I heard a woman on TV said I'll wee on my seat.
Is it used by Americans?
Thank you

[Raymott]

Is using wee to mean 'little bit' offensive? wee lad for instance. as it also means urine.
It means "little", not "little bit". "Little bit lad" makes no sense.
Is wee which means to urinate used by adults?
Yes, it can be.
my dictionary says it's childish but I heard a woman on TV said I'll wee on my seat.
Is it used by Americans?
Thank you

It's not offensive, but it's normally used by Scottish people, or in Scottish-influenced places. In Australia, a native Arabic-speaker using "wee" would sound quite strange. People would not be offended, but they'd wonder why you're using the word. You'd be forever having to explain that you studied at Glasgow University, for example.

There are plenty of other words that have several meanings which, if used correctly in the right context, are not offensive.

[Rover_KE]

Now I can't get this little rhyme out of my head:

Oh when I was a wee, wee tot
They put me on my wee, wee pot
To see if I would wee or not.

But when they saw that I would not,
They took me off my wee, wee pot
And put me in my wee, wee cot.
And there I wee-weed quite a lot.

Rover

[5jj]

Bad Aim

We tried to wee-wee on the seed,
But found we'd wee-weed on the weed.

Weird.

[konungursvia]

Yes, I think we have to distinguish between wee and wee-wee.

[TomUK]

Somehow I get the feeling that somebody is taking the piss.

TomUK

[Barb_D]

Somehow I get the feeling that somebody is taking the piss.

TomUK

I have no idea what this expression means, but I've seen it here twice recently.

[~Mav~]

I have no idea what this expression means, but I've seen it here twice recently.

Taking the piss (Wikipedia)

taking the piss (Urban Dictionary)

[nielskokholm]

The use of this word is not offensive, but it should be used in a socially and/or humorous context.

As is the case with all languages, everything we say can be said in different ways and at different times. In Brazilian Portuguese for example, "que lindo!" either means "how beautiful" or ironically "how incredibly ugly".

Wee can be offensive when said with the absence of a smile, so watch out!

[allenman]

I have no idea what this expression means, but I've seen it here twice recently.

Same here...makes no sense to me. "Take A piss..." (sorry) has a completely different meaning.

As Raymott says...it sounds Scottish (to mean tiny).

Not a teacher -- AmE native