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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in GI. A frequent interaction: “How often do you have a bowel movement?” (No answer) “How often do you have a bowel movement?” (No answer) “How often do you poop?” (Answer). I always start with bowel movement and always go to poop on 3rd try. [/quote]

Honestly, as long as the medical professionals are getting the information they need, I think people (not you, PP!) need to be less hung up on the specific word choice.

My mother was baffling one of her doctors for ages because she insisted on saying she "Had to get up at night" [lengthy explanation of further word choices omitted here, but her doctor's assumption was reasonable], and her doctor thought she was getting up to put on more ointment. But no, she was getting up to urinate. Only she couldn't bring herself to say urinate or pee.

People in the Pets forum are always talking about their pets "going to the bathroom" or "doing their business." The pets are doing neither.

Then there are the people who pride themselves on using the correct word, only they're saying "vagina" when they mean "vulva"[/quote]

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