go 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!
2. To become very excited or enthusiastic (about something). Primarily heard in UK. People are going potty for the new art exhibit.
3. To urinate; typically said of, to, or by young children. My three-year-old has started going potty all by herself!
See also: go, potty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go potty

To defecate or urinate.
See also: go, potty
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • go bananas
  • go crazy
  • go nuts
  • potty
  • go in off the deep end
  • be potty about (something)
  • drive (someone) potty
  • go out of (one's) head
  • go out of (one's) senses
  • addle
References in periodicals archive
Teapot: Claire said: "I painted this myself in a pottery workshop I took at Go Potty in Glasgow's west end.
Oh, the joy of having a flushing toilet and no more treks in the snow to go potty! The only drag is still having to commute to work and the monthly shopping journeys two hours away to the coast, for the bare necessities.
Creative entrepreneur Lorraine Clay is throwing open the doors of her Northumberland studio in the hope that the public will go potty over her musical rainsticks.
GALLERY chiefs hope visitors will go potty over a new exhibition.
# THE Washington Gallery is preparing to go potty in the name of art.
THERE is nothing that makes a man more humble than his baby girl telling him she has to "go potty." Or a glamorous actress having to rise before dawn to get her children off to school, or a rapper taking his toddler and playmates on an outing--all by himself.
After years of hearing "I have to go potty" a mere block from home, there's a certain satisfaction in saying to a 35-year-old driver, "Honey, I'd like a bathroom stop."
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GROW We go potty in the greenhouse with the best range of kit and ideas to get your garden for the long, hot Summer (green fingers crossed!) GARDEN A lick of paint and some clever finishing touches are all you need to create the perfect alfresco setting.
Design it Go potty for colour Japanese maples are great for growing in pots on a sheltered patio, especially in autumn when their leaves explode in bursts of red, gold and orange.
Kenny (Dalglish) will go potty. This isn't the first time, is it?
STOCKTON Council is inviting residents to go potty with a series of arts and crafts courses.
Occasionally, she will actually ask to go potty. At home, changing a wet or messy pull-up or helping her in the bathroom to go potty isn't an issue.
Oh, the joy of having a flushing toilet and no more treks in the snow to go potty. The only drag is still having to commute to work and the monthly shopping journeys two hours away to the coast, for the bare necessities.
THREE Rugby artists are hoping people will go potty for their work during an exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery.