biobreak

to go to the toilet

TRANSLATION

take a biobreak = die Toilette besuchen (DH) --- GOOGLE INDEX biobreak: approximately 20,000 hits

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Even the most diligent user may step away from his machine for the occasional BIOBREAK, leaving his user account logged-in and prime for hacking…

(www.osxfaq.com)

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You might want to take a quick BIOBREAK at this point or possibly grab a fresh cup of coffee.

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Did you
know?

biobreak, bio-break, bio break
slang

- office jargon for taking a break, often from meetings, to go to the toilet

(DH)

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WORD ORIGIN

Biobreak combines bio, a prefix meaning biological, and break, meaning a pause.

This phrase is a favourite among high tech office workers and may be on its way to replacing the various and sundry expressions used for this act of nature:
- go to the bathroom (US)
- go to the john (US)
- go to the loo (UK)
- spend a penny (UK)
- Nature is calling!
- take a leak
...

This list is far from complete, but good taste demands that we stop here.

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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:

"If the meeting goes beyond 90 minutes, I suggest we have a biobreak"

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