grow a tail

present singular third person grows a tail · participle present growing a tail · past grew a tail · participle past grown a tail

1. euphemistichumorousidiomaticintransitivemildlyslangvulgarTo defecate; to have a bowel movement.

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

   2016, Vanessa Hawkins, Gloryhill, page 91

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   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!

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

   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.

   2009, Ann McDeed, No Greater Love, page 206

   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.

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

   Synonyms: boo-boo, cack, choke a darkie, crap, defecate, do one's ease, ease oneself, do a number two

2. euphemistichumorousidiomaticintransitivemildlyslangvulgarTo struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.

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

3. endearingeuphemistichumorousidiomaticintransitivemildlyslangvulgarrare outside childcareTo 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.

   Synonyms: lay an egg