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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I was thinking along the same. I usually say that I'm going to the washroom if any explanation at all is needed or given lol. Usually I just go.
That being said, when I speak about it in the past sense, I do use the word pee. As in "i just went pee behind the shed" or something similar. I just went Piss sounds funny to me. I just pissed on maybe... I dunno there's something odd there with the words imo.
Did P really just emerge as a contraction to single letter of piss? Genuinely curious.
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Well the phrase used would be "I took a piss" same as "I took a leak" And yep, as per the Oxford English Dictionary, "pee" originally developed in the 18th century, when it stood for “the initial letter of piss". "Piss" itself comes from Vulgar Latin
It's used commonly in other phrases across the pond like "piss off" or "taking the piss" to mean joking so it's not in any way a swear word. I'm surprised that it's considered rude or uncouth here. Then again, polite Canadians and that whole stereotype
