# "Pee" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442 "2016-01-07T21:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/1 "2016-01-07T21:15:01Z")
Does anyone else hate this word? I cannot stand to hear adults say “I have to pee” or some variation. It absolutely repulses me, especially when adult men say it. I think of this word as something a little kid would say. Adults saying this seems to have grown in popularity. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/2 "2016-01-07T21:25:04Z")
I do not hate the word. I never hear it. With whom do you associate that finds it necessary to broadcast their personal elimination requirements? Do they also tell you when they need to take a dump? Get a classier level of friends! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/3 "2016-01-07T21:27:11Z")
Eh. It gets used at home. I don’t think I ever phrase it that way it in public. I’m not sure how much it would bother me to hear someone else say it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/4 "2016-01-07T21:31:22Z")
Doesn’t sound as stupid as “potty.” The alternative “urinate” is a bit much for everyday conversation. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/5 "2016-01-07T21:32:06Z")
I’d answer, but I need a piss first… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/6 "2016-01-07T21:35:26Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > The alternative “urinate” is a bit much for everyday conversation. No, it isn’t. That’s what I say. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/7 "2016-01-07T21:40:56Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > The alternative “urinate” is a bit much for everyday conversation. I’d go with “micturate”. Which still has “ur-” in it, but it’s camouflaged, so no one will know what you’re talking about. “Pardon me for a second, my dear fellow, while I go micturate at this here side of the road.” ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/8 "2016-01-07T21:42:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No, it isn’t. That’s what I say. Do you have to remove the stick from your ass before you go? I kid, I kid. 😉 I’m not sure it’s a term I’ve used non - clinically. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/9 "2016-01-07T21:49:22Z")
[It made me famous for a couple of weeks](http://www.economist.com/node/10748383). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/10 "2016-01-07T21:56:57Z")
> [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > Do they also tell you when they need to take a dump? Ahem. Please, my good man. “Pinch a dookie”. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/11 "2016-01-07T22:00:19Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Ahem. Please, my good man. “Pinch a dookie”. I believe it was here that I was first acquainted with the phrase “to honk out a dirt snake.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/12 "2016-01-07T22:00:29Z")
I don’t mind “pee.” I hate the word “poo,” however. The proper term is “poop.” ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/13 "2016-01-07T22:02:26Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Doesn’t sound as stupid as “potty.” > > The alternative “urinate” is a bit much for everyday conversation. At home hubby and I tend to say potty, but not in public. I actually kind of like the British slang “wizz”. And depending on my mood I may also say I’m going to drain my lizard… which raises some male eyebrows when they hear it. But I say it for that reason (to get a reaction). ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/14 "2016-01-07T22:03:38Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I’d go with “micturate”. Which still has “ur-” in it, but it’s camouflaged, so no one will know what you’re talking about. > > “Pardon me for a second, my dear fellow, while I go micturate at this here side of the road.” My wife says “micturate” as a semi-joking way of describing where she was/is/will be doing. Half of the rest of the time, she’s still in small boy/toddler mode, and refers to “going potty”. Pee is a welcome and simple way of putting it, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/15 "2016-01-07T22:03:43Z")
Dainty folk say “tinkle.” I generally just say that I need to visit the facilities when I’m among strangers. Those closer to me are told I need to pee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/16 "2016-01-07T22:08:00Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Dainty folk say “tinkle.” > > I generally just say that I need to visit the facilities when I’m among strangers. Those closer to me are told I need to pee. 😃 I’m glad you warn them before you let fly. But I thought ladies took a “powder.” ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/17 "2016-01-07T22:18:55Z")
When my brother and I were kids, we were taught to say that we had to either “squirt” or “grunt”. Yup - I had me _some_ parents. By the way, I’ve always wondered - wouldn’t you want to _leave_ a dump - not _take_ one?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/18 "2016-01-07T22:31:16Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Ahem. Please, my good man. “Pinch a dookie”. I think a “pinch a dookie” widdle baby would say “pee pee”😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/19 "2016-01-07T22:36:02Z")
I say “tinkle” in situations where I don’t want to come off like an uncouth rube. “Pee” sounds a little coarse to me. But I really hate “potty.” 100% parents say this; people who do not have children never say “potty.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/20 "2016-01-07T22:41:16Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Do you have to remove the stick from your ass before you go? Yeah, when I defecate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442.md?page=2)