piss-pot

A child uses a small piss-pot by the bed at night.

Definition

Noun: - A container used as a portable toilet, especially for urination at night. It is typically a chamber pot.

Usage Examples

• (A container for urination during the night.)
• (A portable toilet for someone who is bedridden.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be on the piss-pot": a crude, informal phrase meaning to be using the chamber pot or urinating.
  • He was on the piss-pot when the doorbell rang. (He was occupied with using the chamber pot.)

Variants and Related Words

• Piss (n/v): urine or the act of urinating (vulgar slang).
  • He went behind the tree to piss. (To urinate.)
• Pot (n): a container, such as a chamber pot or cooking vessel.
  • The pot was made of ceramic. (A container.)

Synonyms

• Chamber pot: a more formal term for a portable toilet container.
• Urinal: a fixed container for urination, typically in a bathroom.
• Bedpan: a shallow container used by bedridden patients for defecation or urination.

Idioms

• "piss-pot ugly": a very vulgar expression meaning extremely unattractive.
  • That old building is piss-pot ugly. (It is very ugly.)

Related Idioms

• "to piss in the pot": a crude way of saying to urinate into a container.
  • Don't forget to piss in the pot before going to sleep. (To urinate into the chamber pot.)

Note: The word "piss-pot" is considered vulgar and informal. It is rarely used in polite conversation, and its use may be offensive. The term is historically associated with chamber pots, which were common before modern plumbing.