wee n.
(mainly juv.) urine, urination.
DSUE (1984) 1315/1: late C.19–20. | ||
joke cited in Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1972) I 303: Wee-wee my ass! Where the hell is the nearest whore-house! | ||
Maori Girl 14: Netta’s rude. She said wee-wee. | ||
Dimboola (2000) 77: Mummy, I want to have a wee. | ||
Joking Apart I i: Christopher did a wee-wee in the fireworks. | ||
Confessions of Proinsias O’Toole 40: We’ll have a wee and then go on to my place for coffee. | ||
5x5x5x5x5 1v: He’s just sunk six pints [...] and he needs a wee. | ||
(con. 1964) My Secret Hist. (1990) 252: Doing wee-wee and poo-poo on the sidewalk. | ||
Happy Like Murderers 166: A flat that smelled of urine. Dettol and wee. | ||
Guardian G2 15 Sept. 22: The guy was actually having a wee-wee at the table. | ||
Soho 172: I’d just come down here for a little wee-wee, because I suffer from a weak bladder. | ||
Beyond Black 206: I tested my wee and the line’s gone blue. | ||
Good Girl Stripped Bare 97: It makes me laugh so hard a bead of wee comes out. | ||
Base Nature [ebook] [T]apping his hands against his thighs like a little boy wanting a wee-wee. | ||
Rules of Revelation 247: ‘I had a coffee,’ she said [...] And now I need a wee’. |
In compounds
(N.Z. prison) a urine tester.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 201/2: wees cop n. a member of the wees police [...] the prison officers who obtain inmates’ urine samples for testing for evidence of drug use. |
a lavatory.
Fowlers End (2001) 192: Do you mind terribly, old thing, if I use your wee-wee place? | ||
Play in Childhood 225: Then he asked for the ‘wee-wee place.’ He tried to lift the seat, but as it was stiff he could not do so. |
In phrases
to urinate.
Ginger Man (1958) 187: If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I must make wee wee. | ||
CUSS 220: Weewees, do Urinate. | et al.||
Fort Apache, The Bronx 174: Can I make weewee first? | ||
An Imaginary Menagerie 42: Kiwis / do wiwis / from spectacular heights. | ||
Homeboy 5: A plaster toddler making weewee in a giant seashell. | ||
Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 83: Next time you want to do wee-wees, don’t use that word. | ||
Instead of Roses and Rings 30: No one could do wee-wees without their wee-wee thing, as the little boys secretly called it. | ||
Finders Keepers (2016) 141: I’ll watch while you make wee-wee in the little plastic cup. |
(N.Z.) unacceptable, second rate.
Pagan Game (1969) 159: For crying out loud, said Eric. Can’t we change the subject? I think it’s poor as wee-wee to be talking about football all the time. |