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go potty en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.

Meanings

  1. (childish) To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
    • 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. 2000 October 4, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
    • I have to go potty!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
goes potty Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
went potty Tense=Past lexicographic
going potty Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone potty Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

use the toilet · and Thesaurus:urinate · defecate

go potty en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty.

Meanings

  1. (UK) To go crazy: to become insane.
    • 'That was the worst thing,' says Adrian. 'My mother just went potty. She said he was going to rot in hell for that. 2008 May 31, Elizabeth Day, Graham Keeley, “My father, RD Laing: 'he solved other people's problems - but not his own'”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gone potty Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes potty Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going potty Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went potty Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

go bananas · freak out · flip out · go bonkers · go H.A.M. · go HAM · go berserk · lose it · go potty · go nuts · go mad · lose one's marbles · lose one's mind · get one's freak on · take leave of one's senses · run amok · go ham · go ballistic · flip one's wig · go crazy