# "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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/101 "2016-01-15T00:18:23Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I’m a nurse and many of my friends are also in health care. We, of course, make terrible dining companions for the easily squeamish. > > No one says they have to go “pee” or “poop” or whathave you without getting asked for a full report on returning. Volume, colour, odour, texture, smell, etc are all asked about. That happens once, then other people just “go to the washroom.” Reminds me of the old joke about nurses: What’s the difference between a group of nurses and a toxic waste dump? You can eat lunch next to a toxic waste dump. :D:p (I worked in healthcare myself.) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/102 "2016-01-15T02:13:33Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I ask my patients “any trouble passing your urine?” > > If I get a confused response from them, my next question is “any trouble peeing?” > > I have to default to that version about half the time. And everyone answers that version without problems. Everyone understands “peeing,” but not everyone understands “pooped,” which blows my mind. And no, I’m sorry, I cannot bring myself to say “boom-boom,” which is what most of my most elderly patients seem to call it if they don’t understand “pooped.” I always start more formal, and then less so. So too often it looks like: “And when was your last bowel movement?” “What?” “BM? …When was the last time you pooped?” “Huh?” “Um…bathroom?” “Oh, you mean boom-boom?” …_sigh_ Yes, yes I suppose I do. No, I can’t say it with a straight face. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/103 "2016-01-15T18:33:42Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > ETA: I sometimes will announce to Mrs. Cretin with faux happiness: “Darling, we’re going to have a fece!” Dude, you are awful! 😃 My co-workers are arguing right now over who gave who “the poopies”. Of course, they’re playing. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/104 "2016-01-15T18:51:20Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I don’t particularly care what term people use for it. I don’t need to hear any details on the subject, so I mostly tune it out, but it doesn’t bother me. If someone makes a habit of announcing every trip to the toilet, I may toss back, “I’ll alert the media.” when they say something about it. “Hope everything comes out all right!” ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/105 "2016-01-15T18:56:19Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I always start more formal, and then less so. So too often it looks like: > > “And when was your last bowel movement?” > “What?” > “BM? …When was the last time you pooped?” > “Huh?” > “Um…bathroom?” > “Oh, you mean boom-boom?” > > …_sigh_ Yes, yes I suppose I do. No, I can’t say it with a straight face. This blows my mind too, but because I’d never heard the phrase “boom boom” except once, on MST3K. And I’m in health care. Is this regional? It sure is stupid. ---
**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 15, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/106 "2016-01-15T19:18:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “Hope everything comes out all right!” One of my standard lines. 😃 If engineers become constipated, they can always work it out with a pencil. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/107 "2016-01-15T23:56:04Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > This blows my mind too, but because I’d never heard the phrase “boom boom” except once, on MST3K. And I’m in health care. Is this regional? It sure is stupid. Possibly regional. I work mostly with Black elders who live on Chicago’s south side. Lots came here from Alabama or Mississippi during the Great Migration. Maybe they brought it north with them? I don’t know. ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/108 "2016-01-16T00:07:38Z")
[Sammy Davis Jr.] ♬ _I’ve got to go pee, I’ve go to go pee Daring to try, to do it or die I’ve got to go pee_ ♬ [/SDJr] ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/109 "2016-01-16T00:14:18Z")
Three pages in so I’d say the conversation as drifted a bit from just answering the original question. Still, I say “pee”. I mean, I’d probably be most likely the say some variation of “I need to use the toilet”, but if I was being specific I’d say pee. The problem for me is that all the words to describe it either sound childish (wee, pee, etc.), vulgar (piss etc), or far too clinical (urinate). Same thing with poo. But that’s probably because everyone says a different thing because we’re all afraid to talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/110 "2016-01-16T01:05:09Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Dude, you are awful! 😃 Compliment accepted. > [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > Three pages in so I’d say the conversation as drifted a bit from just answering the original question. Insert “floater” joke here. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/111 "2016-01-17T13:37:30Z")
When I have to go, I’m going to take a leak. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/112 "2016-01-17T13:47:30Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Oh, bowel movement. This phrase is the absolute worst. And my mom uses it exclusively. My mom shortened it to just BM. “Did you have a BM today?” “Do you need to go BM before we leave?” It infantilizes me just to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/113 "2016-01-17T15:19:34Z")
What I hate is getting stuck in a long line when my bladder is fit to burst. I find I really have to watch my pees and queues. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/114 "2016-01-19T05:52:01Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Insert “floater” joke here. As in, “_Arrgh, I have shit inside my eyeballs‽_” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/115 "2016-01-19T18:44:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As in, “_Arrgh, I have shit inside my eyeballs‽_” Funny you should mention it- I have a fuzzy spot in my (right side only) field of vision. My first thought was “cataract” although the spot moves around a little. My Eye Doctor checked me out and told me it’s a “floater cluster” and will eventually break up and disappear. So it is literally true that… I have a cluster of floaters in my eyeball. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442/116 "2016-01-19T22:00:12Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Funny you should mention it- I have a fuzzy spot in my (right side only) field of vision. My first thought was “cataract” although the spot moves around a little. My Eye Doctor checked me out and told me it’s a “floater cluster” and will eventually break up and disappear. So it is literally true that… > > I have a cluster of floaters in my eyeball. I’ve had one right in the middle of my right eye’s field for years. I’ve named him Guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee/742442.md?page=5)