buang air besar
English translation: defecate
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| 11:28 Jul 10, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Ramona Ali Local time: 00:19 | ||||
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17 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1defecate Explanation: buang air besar = defecate buang air kecil = urinate "The local folk no longer defecate by the river but have gotten used to defecting in the WC" |
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25 mins confidence:
defecate Explanation: Both source and target terms are found in the media. Polite equivalents - Nursing: have a BM (bowel motion) Medical/literary : evacuate their bowels More euphemistic: do their business -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2006-07-10 11:59:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Pipped at the post again! You'll have to believe me that Ramona's answer did not appear on my screen until I entered mine. JG |
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