grow a tailとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

grow a tail (third-person singular simple present grows a tail, present participle growing a tail, simple past grew a tail, past participle grown a tail) (idiomatic slang, intransitive, euphemistic, humorous, mildly vulgar)

1. To defecate; to have a bowel movement.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

   • 2000 Larry Glanz The Ultimate Book of Bathroom Etiquette and Humor pg 146 and pg 152

     When man needs to grow a tail, man must run to bathroom without fail.
     Thou shalt groweth thy tail with great care, or though might staineth thine underwear!

   • 2009, Ann McDeed, No Greater Love, page 206:

     Kathy is teasing Dad that Mom is growing a tail in the toilet. Guess he understands to a degree and had a strange look on his face when I came out, so assure him I am fine and did not grow a tail.

   • 2012, Tyson Jopson, Best of Getaway Funny Signs, page 28:

     A steaming pile of toilet humour might not be everyone's cup of tea, but there's no denying the hilarity in some of these messages from beyond the bowl. Our readers managed to snap these delightful deuces before breaking the seal, splashing the pirate, building a log cabin, growing a tail... you get the idea.

   • 2016, Vanessa Hawkins, Gloryhill, page 91:

     The only other guy doing any work around here was the fat old cop down in the can, strugglin' to grow a tail.

2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.

   Synonyms: turtle head, prairie dog, crown, touch cotton

3. (endearing, rare outside childcare) To have a protuberance (a bump) be formed on the rear of one's bottomwear (viz. pants, underpants, diaper, etc.) after a particularly productive incident of solid fecal incontinence.

   Synonym: lay an egg

   Hypernyms: bulge, protrude, stick out