go potty
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.
Verb edit
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.
- 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.
- I have to go potty!
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
use the toilet — see use the toilet
Etymology 2 edit
From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty.
Verb edit
go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)