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Quite some time ago, English-speaking people developed a sensitivity to the common words about defecation. Probably it was because people didn't want to be reminded about something that stinks; it doesn't help your appetite at supper to discuss what goes on in the toilet. In the same way that people now talk about the "f-word" or the "s-word", people would avoid the common word "piss" and say "the p-word" which became "p" which you will recognize as "pee".

Of course, even "pee" is now considered too direct and there are further convoluted mechanisms to avoid directly referring to something which every single human being has to do several times every day.

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