Potty

This is my pet peeve: when the word 'potty' is not used properly. Yes, this is my pet peeve. One of them.

This is not a word that can be used by just anyone at any moment. It is reserved and needs a copyright so that it is not used any other way.

When talking to kids, it is okay. "Do you want to use the potty?" "Do you have to go potty?" "Did you go potty?" Fine. I can handle the word in this sense. However, there is a fine line with this word in situations with children too.

Adults - do not use this word when speaking of one's self. I cannot stand it when a certain adult says..."I have to go potty." or "I'm just going to go potty." YOU ARE NOT A CHILD, well...then again, maybe you are.

The fine line - when one adult has a child that needs to use 'the potty' and you are speaking to another adult and you say "he/she has to use the potty." That does not fly. Sorry. It just does not work. This happened to me today at work - a mom came out of a room with her son and asked: "where can I take my son, he has to use the potty." And she got that little shoulder shrug, head tilt, little smerky smile, and little voice change thing going on. You are talking to an adult now. Separate the two. Get in your adult time any way you can and ask where the washroom is. The bathroom. The john. The can. The pisser. Something other than potty.

AND - when your child gets old enough and is potty trained...I believe it is time to let go of the word altogether!

TOILET
VS.
POTTY

Just remember, in the end - it is the toilet they end up on!