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SciShow Tangents Classics - Pee

May 10, 2022
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ANECDOTE

High School Party Memories

  • Sari Riley describes frequent high-school parties at her parents' homes with lots of drinking and classic party elements.
  • She jokes that those parties often involved pee everywhere, linking to the episode's topic.
ANECDOTE

College Peeing On Cold Walks

  • Sari recounts frequent beer-pong nights in college and rushing behind bushes to urinate during cold walks.
  • She describes a thirty-minute walk punctuated by multiple quick stops to pee in snow patches.
INSIGHT

Etymology Of 'Pee'

  • The word "pee" is a recent euphemistic abbreviation derived from "piss," first recorded in the late 19th century.
  • Earlier forms come from vulgar Latin roots like pisier and relate to onomatopoeic origins of the sound.
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