The problem with

   I need to micturate a lot.

is few would know WTF the author is referring to.

▲ jhbadger an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What's wrong with "urinate" or "pee"?

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defrost an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Varies by culture and class, you'll find some people up in arms about almost any mention of bodily functions.

ie. for some urinate and pee are just as bad as piss or wee.

Luckily my cup runneth over and I can decently speak of pissing, going for a slash, splashing the porcelain and otherwise making water in a multitude of ways in my own locale.

	▲	mft_ 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		German has a word for everything; English has more alternate words for bodily functions than one could ever need :)

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TFNA an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Just view the article as an interesting sign of a shifting social norm. It has been decades now since "shit" and "piss" have been pretty normal, not taboo, words in European English (possibly aided by their resemblance to German and French counterparts that are less profane than the English words), and I had already observed that a softening has been occurring in North American and Australian English at least since social media gave people the opportunity to broadcast their use of the words.

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iammjm an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What’s wrong with “piss”?

▲ ButlerianJihad 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

“Oh freddled gruntbuggly,

Thy micturitions are to me,

As plurdled gabbleblotchits,

On a lurgid bee,

That mordiously hath blurted out,

Its earted jurtles,

Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer.

[drowned out by moaning and screaming]”

—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

It is quite interesting to note, that when I read this as a teenager, I did not even try to find out what “micturitions” are, because I confidently assumed that these were all nonsense words.