I want a word to refer to words and names collectively, and a word to refer to peeing and pooping collectively (not “relieving yourself” since that is disgusting)

  • @Deestan
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    91 year ago

    Excrete.

    Discharge.

    Slay.

    • @SomeasyOP
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      41 year ago

      Void

      I think this is the one.

      • @Deestan
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        41 year ago

        “I feel a void inside me. Brb.”

    • @SomeasyOP
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      21 year ago

      Thank you for your contributions.

  • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • @SomeasyOP
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      21 year ago

      Urinate > micturate tbh… micturate sounds like you’re doing something ungodly to a mouse.

    • @SomeasyOP
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      11 year ago

      What if you’re in the jungle?

      • @weariedfae
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        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.

        • @SomeasyOP
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          01 year ago

          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.

    • @SomeasyOP
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      31 year ago

      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

    • @SomeasyOP
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      11 year ago

      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)?

  • MxM111
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    61 year ago

    Voiding
    Excreting
    Evacuating
    Eliminating

    And yes, word is the word.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    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

    • @SomeasyOP
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      1 year ago

      You were getting more victuals 😉 (food and drinks)

      • @zeppo
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        21 year ago

        It’s “victuals”.

        • @SomeasyOP
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          31 year ago

          I feel like a complete dumbass saying “vinctuals” just now. What a dumbass I was a minute ago.

          • @zeppo
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            31 year ago

            I’m sorry. We can define it as snacks if you want.

            global vintuals='snacks'

        • @SomeasyOP
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          11 year ago

          I realised and corrected it just as you commented, lol. Thanks

    • @SomeasyOP
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      21 year ago

      “Entering meatspace for a lil bit” 🤓

      • @SomeasyOP
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        21 year ago

        Sorry I didn’t mean to make fun, bio break is an excellent term

  • amio
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    1 year ago

    Names are words, so “words” refers to both collectively. “Elimination [of waste]” or “voiding” for the second one.

  • CarlsIII
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    21 year ago

    Names are words. And make up one for the pooping and peeing thing. Something like peeooping, only more proactive.

      • @SomeasyOP
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        21 year ago

        This sounds like a different thing I’m imagining now. If anyone’s seen Upload

  • StiltedCurler
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    1 year ago

    One word? You should make up one, and see if it sticks.

    Suggestions:

    • peeping
    • definate (pronounced deff-eh-nate)
    • jettison
    • expel
  • @SomeasyOP
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    11 year ago

    “1s and 2s”? … no, not good enough.