Meaning of peemergency | Babel Free

Definitions

A situation in which one has an urgent need to urinate but is prevented from doing so due to lack of access to a toilet, restrictive gear, etc.

informal

Examples

“YKK zipper across the chest, shoulder to shoulder, is extremely easy to operate alone - no help necessary in a peemergency. (I've tried the neck entry/zipperless suits, and agree with the owners I've talked to about them: we can't get the darn things off.)”

“Junior insists he doesn't have to use the facilities at the rest stop. Ten minutes and 45 miles from the next roadside oasis, the little schnook has to go - right now. Enter the civilized, anytime, anywhere solution to "peemergencies": TravelJohn Disposable Urinal.”

“A company called TravelJohn Products, for example, promoted portable, unisex disposable urinals. […] Literature says the device helps families avoid a peemergency.”

CEFR level