# Define 'pee'... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 25, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pee/115896 "2002-06-25T15:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pee/115896/1 "2002-06-25T15:53:32Z")
It sure seems like per the question referencing “_car splattered with bird doo-doo_” the Alex was asking if birds do other than ‘doo-doo’ and per the [answer](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbirdpee.html) given wouldn’t it be ‘no’? If birds lack a bladder and their ‘pee’ exits via the anus wouldn’t they be ‘doo-dooing pee’? ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pee/115896/2 "2002-06-26T16:18:02Z")
“Pee,” of course, is a euphemism for “urinate,” and “urinate” is defined by [Mr. Webster](http://www.m-w.com) as “to discharge urine.” So what’s urine? According to Webster: > [@](#): > > waste material that is secreted by the kidney in vertebrates, is rich in end products of protein metabolism together with salts and pigments, and forms a clear amber and usually slightly acid fluid in mammals but is semisolid in birds and reptiles So, if we go strictly by technical definitions, **Colibri** is right. However, I also think you’re right that there’s a good chance the questioner was refering to peeing as opposed to “pooping,” so to speak. But, I guess the SDStaff can only work with what they get. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pee/115896/3 "2002-06-28T09:19:37Z")
**Loopus** has my reasoning correct. The questioner specifically said “urinate,” and I went by Webster’s deinition of urine as quoted. But I suppose Alex’s wife could try to use some other definition of “urine” to weasel out of paying that nickel.