Edgar Britt
/ˌɛdɡə ˈbrɪt
/noun Australian informal
1An act of defecating: he raced out to the john for an Edgar Britt...
- I nearly had an 'Edgar Britt' in me shorts when ya jumped out like that.
- Those snakes make great pets, just don't feed them till after you are sure they have had an Edgar Britt.
- I hope I am not squatting in the scrub having an “Edgar Britt” as you come by.
1.1 (the Edgar Britts) Diarrhoea: it gives you a violent headache and a good dose of the Edgar Britts...
- 'You give me the Edgar Britts, sometimes.'
- The POWs sang about how the captors gave them the 'Edgar Britts'.
- This is starting to give me the Edgar Britts big time.
Origin
1960s: rhyming slang for 'shit', from the name of the Australian jockey Edgar Britt.