go potty
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.
Verb
go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)
- (childish) To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
- I have to go potty!
- 2000 October 4, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- I simply came outside to go potty, and found myself abandoned, having to rely totally on my primal urges! ... Like the sudden urge to go potty again.
Synonyms
Translations
use the toilet — see use the toilet
Etymology 2
From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty.
Verb
go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)
Synonyms
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