Joking names for looseness of the bowels:
| RUNS | 264 |
| TROTS | 228 |
| RUNNING OFF | 174 |
| DIARRHEA | 144 |
| BACKDOOR TROTS | 131 |
| SHITS | 114 |
| NR | 51 |
| SQUIRTS | 33 |
| DYSENTERY | 25 |
| SKITTERS | 25 |
| FLUX | 21 |
| THE SCOURS | 13 |
| LOOSE BOWELS | 12 |
| LUCY BOWLES | 12 |
| G.I.’S | 11 |
| SUMMER COMPLAINT | 11 |
| RUN-OFFS | 8 |
| SCOOTS | 8 |
| GREEN-APPLE QUICKSTEP | 7 |
| GREEN-APPLE TWO-STEP | 7 |
| LOOSE AS A GOOSE | 7 |
| SCOURS | 7 |
| BELLYACHE | 6 |
| MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE | 5 |
| THIN DIRTIES | 5 |
| BACKDOOR TROT | 4 |
| BACKYARD TROTS | 4 |
| BOWELS ARE RUNNING OFF | 4 |
| G.I. TROTS | 4 |
| RUNNING BOWELS | 4 |
| RUNNING OFF AT THE BOWELS | 4 |
| RUNNING OFF THE BOWELS | 4 |
| BACKHOUSE TROTS | 3 |
| CHOLERA MORBUS | 3 |
| GOT THE SHITS | 3 |
| RUNNERS | 3 |
| RUNNING OFF OF THE BOWELS | 3 |
| RUN-OFF | 3 |
| THE RUNS | 3 |
| UPSET STOMACH | 3 |
| BOWEL COMPLAINT | 2 |
| CHOLERA | 2 |
| COLLYWOBBLES | 2 |
| DIAREE | 2 |
| DRIBBLES | 2 |
| DRIZZLES | 2 |
| DYSTENTERY | 2 |
| EMPTYING OUT | 2 |
| FLYING AXE-HANDLES | 2 |
| GREEN-APPLE TROT | 2 |
| LOOSE | 2 |
| PENNSYLVANIA QUICKSTEP | 2 |
| QUICKSTEP | 2 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN QUICKSTEP | 2 |
| RUNNING | 2 |
| RUNNING OFF ON THE BOWELS | 2 |
| RUNNING SHITS | 2 |
| RUNNY BOWELS | 2 |
| SCUTTERS | 2 |
| SHIT LIKE A GOOSE | 2 |
| SITTING ON THE THRONE | 2 |
| TOURIST TROTS | 2 |
| TROT | 2 |
| TURISTA | 2 |
| VIRUS | 2 |
| ALL BOUND UP WITH LOOSENESS | 1 |
| ANY-GO-FLUM-BUMS | 1 |
| APPLE BLOSSOM TWO-STEP | 1 |
| ARKANSAS TRAVELS | 1 |
| AXE-HANDLES | 1 |
| BACKDOOR QUICKSTEPS | 1 |
| BACKDOOR SCOOTS | 1 |
| BARNYARD TROTS | 1 |
| BATHROOM CALLS | 1 |
| BATHROOM TROT | 1 |
| BATHROOM TROTS | 1 |
| BATHROOMITIS | 1 |
| BLAZING DIARRHEA | 1 |
| BLOODY FLUX | 1 |
| BLOWOUT | 1 |
| BOOTHILL TWO-STEP | 1 |
| BOTS | 1 |
| BOWEL TROUBLE | 1 |
| BOWELQUAY | 1 |
| BOWELS ARE LOOSE AS A GOOSE | 1 |
| BOWELS ARE RUNNING | 1 |
| BOWELS RUNNING OFF | 1 |
| COLIC MAUBUS | 1 |
| COLLY MOBBLES | 1 |
| CONFEDERATE QUICKSTEP | 1 |
| CRABAPPLE TWO-STEP | 1 |
| CRAMPS | 1 |
| CRAPPED ALL DAY | 1 |
| CRAPPY | 1 |
| CRAPS | 1 |
| CRUD | 1 |
| CRUDES | 1 |
| DIABETES OF THE BLOW-HOLE | 1 |
| DIREY | 1 |
| DISHWATER DIARRHEA | 1 |
| DISSENTERY | 1 |
| DISTEMPER | 1 |
| DRIBBLING SHITS | 1 |
| DRIZZLING SHITS | 1 |
| DYREEN | 1 |
| FANTODS | 1 |
| FAST RUNS | 1 |
| FLITCHES | 1 |
| FLUSHING YOUR BOWELS | 1 |
| FLUTS | 1 |
| FLYING OFF | 1 |
| G.I. SICKNESS | 1 |
| GET-UP-AND-GOES | 1 |
| GOLLY-WOBBLES | 1 |
| GOT THE JERKS | 1 |
| GOT THE RUNS | 1 |
| GO-YONDERS | 1 |
| GREEN-APPLE BELLYACHE | 1 |
| GREEN-APPLE DIRTIES | 1 |
| GREEN-APPLE DISEASE | 1 |
| GREEN-APPLE WALK | 1 |
| GUT-ACHE | 1 |
| HE HAD TO HIT THE CAN LAST NIGHT | 1 |
| HE RAN OFF | 1 |
| HE WATERED | 1 |
| HIS BOWELS ARE RUNNING | 1 |
| HUCKLEBERRY TWO-STEP | 1 |
| HYDROPIPPIN | 1 |
| I’M HAVING A SHITTING TIME | 1 |
| I’M LOOSE | 1 |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS | 1 |
| INTESTINAL GRIPPE | 1 |
| JIMJAMS | 1 |
| JOHNNY TROTS | 1 |
| LOCKED VALVES | 1 |
| LOOSE AS A GOOSE IN SCOPEBERRY TIME | 1 |
| LOOSE LIKE A GOOSE | 1 |
| LOOSE ON THE BOWELS | 1 |
| LOOSE STOOLS | 1 |
| LOOSENESS OF THE BOWEL | 1 |
| LOOSEY-GOOSEY | 1 |
| LOOSIES | 1 |
| LUCY | 1 |
| LUCY BOWELS BY CARRIE PAPER | 1 |
| MEXICAN DISEASE | 1 |
| MEXICAN SICKNESS | 1 |
| MEXICAN TWO-STEP | 1 |
| MOVEMENT | 1 |
| MULLIGRUBS | 1 |
| OKLAHOMA QUICKSTEP | 1 |
| OOPITY-TOOPS | 1 |
| PASSING OFF | 1 |
| PEACH ORCHARD BELLYACHE | 1 |
| PERSON MIGHT BE KINDA LOOSE | 1 |
| PILES | 1 |
| PIP | 1 |
| QUICKSTEPS | 1 |
| RAINWATER | 1 |
| RUN-AROUND | 1 |
| RUN-AROUNDS | 1 |
| RUNAWAY BOWELS | 1 |
| RUNAWAY STOMACH | 1 |
| RUNAWAYS | 1 |
| RUN-IT | 1 |
| RUNNING BLUES | 1 |
| RUNNING OF THE BOWELS | 1 |
| RUNNING OFF AT BOWELS | 1 |
| RUNNING OFFS | 1 |
| RUNNING STOMACH | 1 |
| RUNNING TO THE BATHROOM | 1 |
| RUNNING-OFF STOMACH | 1 |
| RUN-OFF AT THE BOWELS | 1 |
| RUN-OUT | 1 |
| RUNS OFF | 1 |
| RUNS TO THE CAN A LOT | 1 |
| RUSSIAN PURGE | 1 |
| SANTA ANNA’S REVENGE | 1 |
| SCOURING | 1 |
| SCREWS IS LOOSE | 1 |
| SCRUG | 1 |
| SHIN DIRTIES | 1 |
| SHIT | 1 |
| SHIT HEMORRHAGE | 1 |
| SHITES | 1 |
| SHITRIDINCTION | 1 |
| SKEETS | 1 |
| SKIDS | 1 |
| SKITES | 1 |
| SKITS | 1 |
| SKOOTS | 1 |
| SLOPPY STOOLS | 1 |
| SPATTER-AXE | 1 |
| SPUTS | 1 |
| SQUATTERS | 1 |
| SQUITTERS | 1 |
| STINKY-POO | 1 |
| STONEWALL PIP | 1 |
| SUMMER SICKNESS | 1 |
| THE SCOURS–USED ABOUT HORSES | 1 |
| THIN DRIZZLINGS | 1 |
| THUNDER-STORM | 1 |
| TOURIST DISEASE | 1 |
| TROTSKY | 1 |
| TROTTED ALL NIGHT | 1 |
| TUMMY-ACHE | 1 |
| TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR RUNS | 1 |
| TWO-STEP | 1 |
| UPSET BOWELS | 1 |
| WASH STOMACH | 1 |
| WILD AXE-HANDLE | 1 |
| WORKING THROUGH | 1 |
| WORKING UP AND DOWN | 1 |
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