A crude British and Australian colloquial phrase meaning to defecate.
A crude British and Australian colloquial phrase meaning to defecate. Like much toilet humor slang, it favors the oblique and physical — the verb 'bend' evoking the physical effort sometimes involved. It's the kind of expression you'd hear in a pub conversation or a locker room, where euphemistic but still vulgar language is the preferred register. More common among older generations and working-class speakers in the UK and Australia, it's blunt, unglamorous, and entirely functional.
Bend one off means: A crude British and Australian colloquial phrase meaning to defecate. Like much toilet humor slang, it favors the oblique and physical - the verb 'bend' evoking the physical effort sometimes. It is mainly Australian English and may not be understood outside that context. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A British slang euphemism for defecating. The phrase is descriptively visual — referencing the coiled shape of a stool — and belongs to the long British tradition of creative, semi-humorous toilet vocabulary. Used mostly in casual, laddish conversation, it's crude without being particularly offensive, slotting neatly into banter. Less clinical than 'defecate,' less blunt than 'take a dump,' it occupies the sweet spot of toilet humour that keeps things funny rather than shocking.
Australian slang for defecating, using the spatial metaphor of backing a vehicle out of a space. Somewhat euphemistic compared to more direct terms, but the vehicle imagery makes it simultaneously vivid and deniable. Casual in register and typically used among friends rather than in polite or mixed company. A characteristic example of Australian slang's preference for unexpected metaphors. The slang falls into the Australian tradition of applying mundane mechanical metaphors to bodily functions for deadpan comic effect.
A discreet yet unmistakable euphemism for passing gas. To let one off is to fart — phrased in a way that somehow makes the whole business sound almost polite, like you're releasing a small package rather than clearing a room. The phrasing is classic British English indirectness: specific enough to be understood, vague enough to maintain a thin veneer of decorum. Used in casual conversation, comedy, and the universal experience of blaming it on the dog.
He announced he needed to bend one off and disappeared for twenty minutes, which killed the conversation dead.
Bend one off means: A crude British and Australian colloquial phrase meaning to defecate. Like much toilet humor slang, it favors the oblique and physical - the verb 'bend' evoking the physical effort sometimes. It is mainly Australian English and may not be understood outside that context. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in.
bend one off means: A crude British and Australian colloquial phrase meaning to defecate. Like much toilet humor slang, it favors the oblique and physical - the verb 'bend' evoking the physical. Register: very informal, often derogatory or vulgar. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(UK, Australia, colloquial, vulgar) To defecate.
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