bio-break

noun

Etymology

From bio- + break.

  1. inherited from *bʰreg-
  2. inherited from *brekaną
  3. inherited from *brekan
  4. inherited from brecan
  5. inherited from breken
  6. prefixed as bio-break — “bio + break

Definitions

  1. A collective visit to a bathroom or restroom or stop to relieve oneself, especially…

    A collective visit to a bathroom or restroom or stop to relieve oneself, especially during an established time or break in a group event.

    • We stopped once for a bio-break at a road side gas station. Most of us (including a few women) used the bushes because it took too long to get in the bathrooms.
    • "You are either going to stop for a gas break, meal break or a bio break. At these facilities you can do all three."
    • Bin-Laden says his hatred of flush toilets stems from an incident in his youth when he was visiting London with his family and faced with nature's urge to take a bio-break was shocked to see his first flush toilet.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bio-break. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA