code brown

code brown

slang Accidental defecation somewhere other than a toilet. Can you call the janitor? There's been a code brown in this hospital room.
See also: brown, code
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

code brown

n. a fecal accident. (Jocular word play based on a hospital’s PA announcements of various color codes.) Code brown on third floor east.
See also: brown, code
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • code yellow
  • brown
  • break a code
  • break a/the code
  • how now brown cow
  • How now, brown cow?
  • brown bottle flu
  • bottle of Dog
  • brown hole
  • be in favour of something/of doing something
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