wee-wee

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Etymology

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Reduplication of wee; onomatopoeic for the sound of urination.

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wee-wee (countable and uncountable, plural wee-wees)

  1. (UK, childish) Urine.
    1. (childish) An act of urination.
  2. (childish, slang, US) The penis.
  3. (childish, slang, UK) The vulva or vagina.
    • 1999, Lyn Gardner, “Don't mention the, er”, Guardian:
      But because little girls' genitals are tucked away, it's easy never to refer to them at all. They become the part with no name. Even up-front women are flummoxed. Vagina? Fanny? Front bottom? Twinkie? Privates? Didge? Down there? Flower? Wee-wee? Tuppence?
    • 2016, Emily-Jane Clark, “14 weird and wonderful words parents use for vagina”, Metro:
      Wee wee’ was the word my parent’s taught me to call my vagina.

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wee-wee (third-person singular simple present wee-wees, present participle wee-weeing, simple past and past participle wee-weed)

  1. (intransitive, informal, childish) to urinate

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