Noun
the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the pottyAdjective
I think he's gone a little potty.
All this noise is driving me potty!
She's just potty about this new dance class.
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According to investigators, crews arrived to find two porta-potties on fire and a tree that was actively burning.—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 As for the Orion capsule’s pesky potty, Mission Control assured the astronauts that no maintenance was required Tuesday.—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 There was a lot of potty talk that went along with this effort as the crew and Mission Control repeatedly tried to flush the vent lines and drain the toilet, which is itself a first for a moon mission.—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026 The porta-potties have a just-so different color.—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for potty