The expression of an intense need to urinate. Eric Partridge (Catchwords) says that this is a twentieth-century expression, slightly obsolete in Britain by 1960. It is still, however, commonly used by both men and women in the United States. It may be compared to the less urgent need TO GO TAP A KIDNEY. (See also KEG.)
from The Wordsworth Book of Euphemism by Judith S. Neaman and Carole G. Silver
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