noun
trot
Diarrhea, informally called the trots.
The travel memoir mentions a bout of the trots.
Etymology
The trots uses the running gait as a euphemistic image. Diarrhea can send a person repeatedly and urgently to the toilet.
More examples
- He used trots as an informal name for diarrhea.
- She disliked the phrase the trots.
- The character complained of the trots.
Forms
trot · trots
Similar words
- diarrhea
- The neutral medical word.
- loose stools
- A descriptive phrase rather than the slang label.