go potty

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Etymology 1

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From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.

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go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)

  1. (childish) To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
    I have to go potty!
    • 2000 October 4, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
      I simply came outside to go potty, and found myself abandoned, having to rely totally on my primal urges! ... Like the sudden urge to go potty again.
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Etymology 2

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From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty.

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go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)

  1. (UK) To go crazy: to become insane.
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