grow a tail

Verb

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)

1. (euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, intransitive, mildly, slang) To defecate; to have a bowel movement.
   • 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

   Synonyms:

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

2. (euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, intransitive, mildly, slang) To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.

   Synonyms:

   turtle head, prairie dog, crown, touch cotton

3. (endearing, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, intransitive, mildly) 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.

   Synonyms:

   lay an egg