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Going to see a man about a bear in the woods

An idiom or a figure of speech that conceals where you are truly going and what you are really going to do. In all honesty, you are sending the message that you are heading for the toilet to lay waste in. This phrase is derived from a much similar phrase, does a bear crap in the woods?, which is a question that is posed after someone states the obvious.

See Going to see a man about a dog and Going to see a man about a horse for similar phrases.
"I'll be right back. I'm going to see a man about a bear in the woods."

going to the woodso to do some Potto 

Ironically saying you are smoking pot.

you are saying you are doing pot but you are actually making a general statement about hanging out and having fun. It means you are trying to hang out with your friends and chill.
we're going to the woodso to do some potto

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026