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potty

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be potty about (something)

To be very excited or enthusiastic (about something). Primarily heard in UK. I'm absolutely potty about her latest novel! Because you're potty about that band, I just know you'll have a blast at their concert. I can't say I'm potty about having to clean the kitchen after you cook—you always make such a mess!
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drive (one) potty

To make one particularly annoyed, vexed, or crazy. Primarily heard in UK. I need you to mind the kids for a while, they've been driving me potty all morning! That loud beeping noise is driving me potty! If I have to work in this cubicle for one more day, it'll drive me potty, I swear!
See also: drive, potty

go potty

1. To become irrational, crazy, eccentric, or addlebrained. Primarily heard in UK. I'll end up going potty if I have to work in this cubicle for one more day! I'm going potty living in this shack all by myself! You can't tell people you want to start a business selling bees as pets—they'll think you've gone potty!
2. To become very excited or enthusiastic (about something). Primarily heard in UK. People are going potty for the new art exhibit. I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go potty over her music. This portrait of my three tabbies is my best-selling work. What can I say, people go potty for cats.
3. To urinate; typically said of, to, or by young children. My three-year-old has started going potty all by herself! Sweetheart, do you have to go potty before we leave the house? You had a lot of juice this morning, so I think you should try to go potty before we leave the house, honey.
See also: go, potty

have a potty mouth

To be apt to use obscenities, vulgarities, or profanities in one's speech, especially at inappropriate times. Used especially in reference to a child or as a childish rebuke to an adult. You have quite a potty mouth! If I hear you speaking like that around your grandmother again, you're going to be grounded for a week! Well, there's no need to have a potty mouth, Rick. You could have just said no like a civilized person. Wow, you have a potty mouth, huh? Those are some mighty vulgar words for a 10-year-old to know!
See also: have, mouth, potty

potty mouth

A person who uses obscenities, vulgarities, or profanities in their speech, especially at inappropriate times. Used especially in reference to a child or as a childish rebuke to an adult. Hey, you little potty mouth! If I hear you speaking like that around your grandmother again, you're going to be grounded for a week! Well there's no need to be a potty mouth about it, Rick. You could have just said no like a civilized person.
See also: mouth, potty
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potty

1. n. a small toilet. (Usually juvenile.) Mommy, I’ve got to go to the potty.
2. in. to use the toilet. (Always juvenile.) Be sure to potty before we leave.
3. mod. crazy. He got more potty as he grew older.

potty mouth

and toilet mouth
n. someone who uses obscene or profane language in most social settings. (Also a term of address.) That potty mouth is offending people again. Hey, toilet mouth! Watch your language!
See also: mouth, potty
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

go potty

To defecate or urinate.
See also: go, potty
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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