2y ago

Word???

I want a word to refer to words and names collectively, and a word to refer to peeing and pooping collectively (not "relieving yourself" since that is disgusting)

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Excrete.
Discharge.
Slay.
- Void
  I think this is the one.
  
  "I feel a void inside me. Brb."
- Thank you for your contributions.
A word for words and names? Nomenclature, terminology, lexicon...
A word for peeing and pooping collectively? Most words have other uses, but also pertain to both bathroom activities, like Excretion, evacuation, expulsion, waste, elimination... There are better words that specifically refer to each act individually, but not collectively. Just for peeing there's urinate and micturate, and just for pooping there's defecate.
- Urinate > micturate tbh... micturate sounds like you're doing something ungodly to a mouse.
Voiding
Excreting
Evacuating
Eliminating
And yes, word is the word.
- And yes, word is the word.
  It seems like you are one of the twelve Americans who is unaware that the bird is the word.
Language: covers words and names
Peeing and pooping: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/defecate
Excrete is pretty good as your collective word https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/excrete
- Thank you but I'm unsatisfied with both "defecate" and "excrete" as they usually are interpreted to mean pooping, I think...
  Even though that may not be technically the only use
- But you couldn't say "Bob" and "throw" are both "languages". You can't say both are words either... (can you?) They're a name and a word, respectively. Is there another term perhaps for either a word/name (rather than a general concept for what they're part of)?
  
  A name is a word, it's a proper noun https://www.dictionary.com/browse/name
"use the restroom"
- What if you're in the jungle?
  
  Take a squat.
  
  I work outdoors, often in remote locations. Phrases I have used:
  Make friends with a tree.
  Speak with a tree/have a conversation with a tree.
  Commune with the bushes.
  Wander over this way alone.
  My field partner often speaks of watering or fertilizing the forest, which I find distasteful because it gives a sense of which act they're performing and I really don't need to know that about my boss.
In games I play, we call it a "bio break" or just "bio" because it can also include getting more water or snacks, or stretching after sitting for a little bit
- You were getting more victuals 😉 (food and drinks)
  
  It’s “victuals”.
- "Entering meatspace for a lil bit" 🤓
  
  Sorry I didn't mean to make fun, bio break is an excellent term
Names are words, so "words" refers to both collectively. "Elimination [of waste]" or "voiding" for the second one.
Scat fest. Mob shitting.
- Battleshits.
Elimination
Names are words. And make up one for the pooping and peeing thing. Something like peeooping, only more proactive.
- Peelooping
  
  This sounds like a different thing I'm imagining now. If anyone's seen Upload...
One word? You should make up one, and see if it sticks.
Suggestions:
peeping
definate (pronounced deff-eh-nate)
jettison
expel
How would language have ever come about then?
“Titles”?
If you think "relieving yourself" is disgusting, use a polite white lie.
Just say you're going to the bathroom to snort coke.
"1s and 2s"? .. no, not good enough.
If anyone is interested, you can call food and drink collectively "victuals". That's another one I was looking for.
- "Victuals" is the source of the term "vittles", if you're feeling particularly folksy.
  
  Brilliant! Thanks
- "Refreshments" sounds more natural.
  
  I guess it does, but it also seems to imply a small snack or small drink rather than being able to refer to meals and drinks of any size...

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