Is “busting a grumpy” an actual used term?

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Unfair_Struggle9529@reddit

FWIW idk where I heard it but I’ve used it for about 20 years. From Michigan originally.

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MmmIceCreamSoBAD@reddit

Unless this is some new Gen A slang I have never heard of it

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FataMorganaForReal@reddit

Yes, because I'm GenX and we used to say "throw down a grumpy lumpy", but I haven't heard this version.

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holymacaroley@reddit

I'm GenX and haven't heard that one, either.

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WonderfulProtection9@reddit

What did that mean exactly? At all related to OP’s interpretation of being constipated?

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FataMorganaForReal@reddit

Going poop, not constipation. It's grumpy, not angry. LOL.

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BatterUp1600@reddit

I’ve never heard this before and have no idea what it means.

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Tedanty@reddit

Literally the first time I’ve heard that phrase

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cryptoengineer@reddit

The term is unknown to Google Ngram, so its safe to say that it isn't a thing.

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jmeef@reddit

I heard someone say this when I was a kid. 33, Michigan. Not common at all though.

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I've never heard this, ever. What does it mean? Like, busting a move, but you don't want to? I'm laughing my ass off picturing someone doing an elaborate breakdance while being just being very obviously annoyed about it the whole time.

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turnsout_im_a_potato@reddit

well, you gotta happy if you gotta pee, you bust a grumpy if you gotta poo, kinda gave the dispatcher a bit of a heads up on how long youd be without being like"yo! i gotta shit!"

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SheZowRaisedByWolves@reddit (OP)

Bust a grumpy = poop but with straining I think

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spiceypinktaco@reddit

👀😂 that is wild! Never heard of that before

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GlitteringFalls@reddit

Haha me neither, I actually just saw an article were they used this phase and couldn't help but laugh. My dad always says he's "gonna take the Browns to the Superbowl" 😭

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TheJokersChild@reddit

First thing I thought of. World-premiere expression for me.

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la-anah@reddit

You talk about literal shit enough that it needs slang?

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Pitiful_Bunch_2290@reddit

Wtf?!? 😂😂 No, thankfully I've never heard this.

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tiny_purple_Alfador@reddit

How delightfully horrifying. Thank you for this. I don't know when I'll find the right time to use it, but rest assured, I will now.

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Happy_Confection90@reddit

I knew what you meant. I don't know why, but I've heard people say it.

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Charlesinrichmond@reddit

never heard that. But its a big country

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

Nope

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WhatABeautifulMess@reddit

Sounds like something middle schoolers or tik tok would make when because they’re not allowed to say “Bust a nut” or something like that.

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Bluemonogi@reddit

Never heard it. I did not grow up with grandparents but my parents were older and I never heard them or the older people I knew say that phrase.

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mmeeplechase@reddit

Absolutely not, but I’ll be starting to use it asap!

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Usagi_Shinobi@reddit

Yes, a relatively short lived phrase from the US South.

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wawa2022@reddit

I will be using it now. Never heard it before but totally feels like me now’

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Devee@reddit

What? lol. Assuming I understand the meaning correctly, I think my Grandpa would have been infinitely more likely to say "I'm so fucking angry at you assholes right now" than "I'm busting a grumpy."

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yeezymcsleezyo_0@reddit

It means go to the bathroom

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Devee@reddit

Then I think he’d just say exactly that instead hahaha

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shelwood46@reddit

It may be new slang but it is definitely not old slang.

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yeezymcsleezyo_0@reddit

It is old. Kids aren't saying this shit.

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yeezymcsleezyo_0@reddit

I have definitely heard this before. It's not a common thing to say and I don't think it ever really was. But it's definitely a thing. The people acting like it isn't just haven't heard it before.

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the-quibbler@reddit

It is, but it means to defecate.

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PossibilityOk782@reddit

I cant e**ven decipher what it means, its not widely used if at all.**

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whatintheactualfeth@reddit

I use it occasionally. Started probably in the mid to late 90s. I picked it up while I was in the Navy.

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NoContextCarl@reddit

I've heard it used for slang for when old people have tiresome, pitiful sex.

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KillBologna@reddit

No, Sounds like brainrot talk.

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CompanyOther2608@reddit

No

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Prowindowlicker@reddit

What? Are you sure that’s not some kid lingo or something cause I’ve never heard of that before

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the_vole@reddit

I’ve never heard this before in my life and I love it. It sounds like snowboarder slang.

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blazedancer1997@reddit

Pretty infrequently, but yeah I've heard it before

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sponge_welder@reddit

I *feel* like I have heard this somewhere online back in the 2010s, but I might just be making that up

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BambiFarts@reddit

At 500 years old, I haven't heard that even once.

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CornucopiaDM1@reddit

This post here is the first I have ever heard this And I don't want to hear it again!

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whiskeyworshiper@reddit

From NJ - never heard this term but this thread is cracking me up

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bracegurton@reddit

How have people never heard this?? I grew up busting grumpies

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aloofman75@reddit

Never heard of that before.

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bonerland11@reddit

No

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FataMorganaForReal@reddit

We always said "throw down a grumpy lumpy". 😂

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HegemonNYC@reddit

I know what it means. I’ve heard ‘a grump’ to mean to poop more than ‘bust a grumpy’, but I picked up the meaning right away.

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MNxpat33@reddit

I’ve heard this as well, always made me laugh when someone said it. Not a new term, been around for bit.

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

I've never encountered the phrase before this thread. And now I'm nostalgic for five minutes ago — a simpler, more innocent time without this new scatological reference.

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Living_Molasses4719@reddit

Nope never heard this

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prozach_@reddit

As a parent of a 6 year old who says completely nonsensical things all the time, all I can think to say is 6 7.

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Unlikely_your_avg23@reddit

Not that I know of but that term gave me a laugh lol

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Playful_Question538@reddit

Not in the USA. Never heard of it.

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lucasssquatch@reddit

Not a common expression, pretty vulgar, but I've heard it.

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byebybuy@reddit

Never heard that before.

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northman46@reddit

Me either. It could be a regional thing

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honey_rainbow@reddit

Never heard of it

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caseygwenstacy@reddit

I have never heard of this in my life

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LHCThor@reddit

Never heard of that term.

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Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit

Never heard it. Might be better to ask on r/OOTL.

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birdie_buttons@reddit

I've never heard this in my life

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turnsout_im_a_potato@reddit

i was a taxi driver for a bit, years back. we had wallkie talkies, and my boss didnt like our customers to randomly hear "hey ima stop and poop quick" out the walkie talkie, so we used terms like that. "i need a minute, gotta bust a grumpy" is what wed say

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