"go potty" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes potty [present, singular, third-person], going potty [participle, present], went potty [past], gone potty [participle, past]
Etymology: From use of potty as a diminutive form of chamber pot. Etymology templates: {{m|en|potty}} potty, {{m|en|chamber pot}} chamber pot Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> potty}} go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)
  1. (childish) To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate. Tags: childish Categories (topical): Bodily functions Synonyms: use the toilet, defecate, and Thesaurus:urinate
    Sense id: en-go_potty-en-verb-CJOtHpWD Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: goes potty [present, singular, third-person], going potty [participle, present], went potty [past], gone potty [participle, past]
Etymology: From British use of potty as slang for insane, probably under influence from petty. Etymology templates: {{m|en|potty}} potty, {{m|en|insane}} insane, {{m|en|petty}} petty Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> potty}} go potty (third-person singular simple present goes potty, present participle going potty, simple past went potty, past participle gone potty)
  1. (UK) To go crazy: to become insane. Tags: UK Synonyms: go crazy
    Sense id: en-go_potty-en-verb-mutFOqgJ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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