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Word??? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Someasy@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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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[-] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago
[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago
[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Void

I think this is the one.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

"I feel a void inside me. Brb."

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your contributions.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago
[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What if you're in the jungle?

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Those are great lmao.

And wow yes, I hate it when someone says "I'm going to pee/piss" or "I need to take a shit". Like just say you're going to the bathroom, or, you know, voiding (jk) like a normal person.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Urinate > micturate tbh... micturate sounds like you're doing something ungodly to a mouse.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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)?

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

Voiding
Excreting
Evacuating
Eliminating

And yes, word is the word.

[-] dbx12@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You were getting more victuals 😉 (food and drinks)

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I feel like a complete dumbass saying "vinctuals" just now. What a dumbass I was a minute ago.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry. We can define it as snacks if you want.

global vintuals='snacks'

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I realised and corrected it just as you commented, lol. Thanks

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

"Entering meatspace for a lil bit" 🤓

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Sorry I didn't mean to make fun, bio break is an excellent term

[-] jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nah I love that term haha I might steal it during my next online session

[-] ares35@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

i see 'bio' used frequently in game chats.

[-] mxl@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago
[-] amio@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Battleshits.

[-] amio@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Names are words, so "words" refers to both collectively. "Elimination [of waste]" or "voiding" for the second one.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Elimination

[-] EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

One word? You should make up one, and see if it sticks.

Suggestions:

  • peeping
  • definate (pronounced deff-eh-nate)
  • jettison
  • expel
[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Names are words. And make up one for the pooping and peeing thing. Something like peeooping, only more proactive.

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This sounds like a different thing I'm imagining now. If anyone's seen Upload...

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

"1s and 2s"? .. no, not good enough.

[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

How would language have ever come about then?

[-] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

If you think "relieving yourself" is disgusting, use a polite white lie.
Just say you're going to the bathroom to snort coke.

[-] Jaywarbs@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

“Titles”?

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If anyone is interested, you can call food and drink collectively "victuals". That's another one I was looking for.

[-] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

"Victuals" is the source of the term "vittles", if you're feeling particularly folksy.

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Brilliant! Thanks

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago

"Refreshments" sounds more natural.

[-] Someasy@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

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...

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I honestly don't think of drinks when I hear someone say "victuals", just food. Also, if the word is new to you, be warned that the C and U are silent; it sounds like vittulz when spoken aloud.

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