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Excrete.
Discharge.
Slay.
Void
I think this is the one.
"I feel a void inside me. Brb."
Thank you for your contributions.
"use the restroom"
What if you're in the jungle?
Take a squat.
I work outdoors, often in remote locations. Phrases I have used:
- Make friends with a tree.
- Speak with a tree/have a conversation with a tree.
- Commune with the bushes.
- Wander over this way alone.
My field partner often speaks of watering or fertilizing the forest, which I find distasteful because it gives a sense of which act they're performing and I really don't need to know that about my boss.
Those are great lmao.
And wow yes, I hate it when someone says "I'm going to pee/piss" or "I need to take a shit". Like just say you're going to the bathroom, or, you know, voiding (jk) like a normal person.
Voiding
Excreting
Evacuating
Eliminating
And yes, word is the word.
And yes, word is the word.
It seems like you are one of the twelve Americans who is unaware that the bird is the word.
Language: covers words and names
Peeing and pooping: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/defecate
Excrete is pretty good as your collective word https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/excrete
Thank you but I'm unsatisfied with both "defecate" and "excrete" as they usually are interpreted to mean pooping, I think...
Even though that may not be technically the only use
But you couldn't say "Bob" and "throw" are both "languages". You can't say both are words either... (can you?) They're a name and a word, respectively. Is there another term perhaps for either a word/name (rather than a general concept for what they're part of)?
A word for words and names? Nomenclature, terminology, lexicon...
A word for peeing and pooping collectively? Most words have other uses, but also pertain to both bathroom activities, like Excretion, evacuation, expulsion, waste, elimination... There are better words that specifically refer to each act individually, but not collectively. Just for peeing there's urinate and micturate, and just for pooping there's defecate.
Urinate > micturate tbh... micturate sounds like you're doing something ungodly to a mouse.
In games I play, we call it a "bio break" or just "bio" because it can also include getting more water or snacks, or stretching after sitting for a little bit
"Entering meatspace for a lil bit" 🤓
Sorry I didn't mean to make fun, bio break is an excellent term
i see 'bio' used frequently in game chats.
Nah I love that term haha I might steal it during my next online session
You were getting more victuals 😉 (food and drinks)
It’s “victuals”.
I feel like a complete dumbass saying "vinctuals" just now. What a dumbass I was a minute ago.
I'm sorry. We can define it as snacks if you want.
global vintuals='snacks'
I realised and corrected it just as you commented, lol. Thanks
Names are words, so "words" refers to both collectively. "Elimination [of waste]" or "voiding" for the second one.
Scat fest. Mob shitting.
Battleshits.
Elimination
Names are words. And make up one for the pooping and peeing thing. Something like peeooping, only more proactive.
Peelooping
This sounds like a different thing I'm imagining now. If anyone's seen Upload...
One word? You should make up one, and see if it sticks.
Suggestions:
- peeping
- definate (pronounced deff-eh-nate)
- jettison
- expel
How would language have ever come about then?
"1s and 2s"? .. no, not good enough.
“Titles”?
If you think "relieving yourself" is disgusting, use a polite white lie.
Just say you're going to the bathroom to snort coke.
If anyone is interested, you can call food and drink collectively "victuals". That's another one I was looking for.
"Refreshments" sounds more natural.
I guess it does, but it also seems to imply a small snack or small drink rather than being able to refer to meals and drinks of any size...
I honestly don't think of drinks when I hear someone say "victuals", just food. Also, if the word is new to you, be warned that the C and U are silent; it sounds like vit•tulz when spoken aloud.
"Victuals" is the source of the term "vittles", if you're feeling particularly folksy.
Brilliant! Thanks