Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go potty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: go pot-ty
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.

verb

To go crazy: to become insane.

British usage

Example Sentences

"I have to go potty!"
"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."
"'That was the worst thing,' says Adrian. 'My mother just went potty. She said he was going to rot in hell for that."

Etymology

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

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

goes potty (present, singular) going potty (participle, present) went potty (past) gone potty (participle, past)

Synonyms

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 mad

Questions

What does go potty mean?: To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
Where does go potty come from?: From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot.

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