go potty
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go potty¹
Where it comes from
From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.
verb goes potty · going potty · went potty · gone potty
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To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
I have to go potty!
Similar: use the toilet, defecate, and Thesaurus:urinate
go potty²
Where it comes from
From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty.
verb goes potty · going potty · went potty · gone potty
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To go crazy: to become insane.
'That was the worst thing,' says Adrian. 'My mother just went potty. She said he was going to rot in hell for that.
Similar: flip one's wig, flip out, freak out, get one's freak on, go ballistic, go bananas, go berserk, go bonkers, go crazy, go HAM, go H.A.M., go ham
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