Table A1.

Table of Colloquial Expressions Synonymous to Common Medical Terms Used in Prostate Cancer

Medical Term
To Urinate	To Pass Stool or To Have a Bowel Movement	Rectum	Intercourse	Penis	Impotent
Colloquial synonym
To make water	(To sit down) to go to the bathroom	Ass or asshole	Having sex	Peter	Won't get hard for sex
To pee	To shit	Butt or butt hole	Fucking	Dick	Can't get it up for sex
To take a leak	To do do	Tail or tail hole	Making love		Can't perform sex
To piss	To go #2	Rear or rear end	Screwing
To go to the bathroom	To take a dump
To wet	To make solid waste

Note: Synonyms are derived from responses by participants who did not know or misinterpreted the medical term in the top row. Colloquial synonyms are listed in order from most commonly cited to least commonly cited. Underlining connotes terms determined to be socially acceptable in a medical setting through subsequent interviews in the same study population.