# What are your euphemisms for bodily functions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905 "2022-07-13T21:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/121 "2023-03-20T01:06:57Z")
We used to say “race like a pisshorse” after a few too many. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/122 "2023-03-20T01:55:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My Daddy said “Gonna see a man about a horse” for peeing. > > I shouldn’t say this, but it took a Doper to explain it to me. Sometimes I’m dense. I don’t get it at all. Guess I’m dense too. I don’t use euphemisms. I’m really shy about bathroom stuff, so it’s usually just “I need to use the restroom/bathroom.” But I appreciate hearing them. Especially the OP. I had to share that. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/123 "2023-03-20T10:37:59Z")
[**Pufferfish**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae) are famous for bloating themselves with water. In Japan, probably the most well-known pufferfish is the **[fugu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu)**, and so some years ago my wife and I landed on “fugu-san” as a euphemism for menstruation. Scott Meyer, in **[this Basic Instructions comic](https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2018/8/5/how-to-be-a-good-husband-during-ladytimes)**, refers to it as “ladytimes”, with the memorable opening line of the comic being “the ladytimes are upon me.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/124 "2023-03-20T15:03:04Z")
Come on pal, FUGU ME! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/125 "2023-03-22T02:01:49Z")
I don’t know if anyone else has given these but there’s 1. Draining the bilges 2. Giving birth to a bosun’s mate. 3. Leaning over the rail telling Ralph about my Buick. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/126 "2023-03-22T14:18:22Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > Plus, tangentially related, have a guess what ‘Map of Africa’ refers to. Anything like the “Map of Tasmania”? Warning: Technically, the video doesn’t show anything worse than PG-13. But it is so exultantly vulgar, it is Not Safe For Work. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/127 "2023-03-22T14:32:08Z")
I sometimes refer to “Activities of Daily Living”, as when I inform Mrs. J. that “Pluto did all his ADLs this morning when I took him out.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/128 "2023-03-22T21:41:57Z")
Surprised no one has mentioned “Dropping a Deuce”, or if it was particularly large - Deuce and a half. We once worked a test from a trailer out in a field. It didn’t have a bathroom but we had a Porta-john right near the trailer. The company providing it was Mack’s Shack. Any time we went it was some variation of “…man about a horse…”, but using Mack/Shack (“I have to go see Mack about a shack” or some such) ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/129 "2023-03-23T13:30:28Z")
“Take a trump”. “Shake the donnie off my lily,” Dan ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/130 "2023-03-23T13:38:51Z")
My brother used to say, “tap a kidney”, for urinating. When I pointed out the fact that it was inaccurate because the kidneys feed the bladder and not the urinary track directly, he triumphantly came up with, “bleed a bladder”. LOL ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905/131 "2023-03-23T21:43:22Z")
Pinch a loaf is a term I heard. TMI [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-euphemisms-for-bodily-functions/967905.md?page=6)