go potty

verb

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. To go and use the potty

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

    • 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.
  2. To go crazy

    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.

The neighborhood

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