shy bladder

noun

variants or shy bladder syndrome

medicine

: paruresis

The fear of urinating in the presence of others (even when you're safely locked in a bathroom stall) actually has a name: paruresis, otherwise known as shy bladder syndrome.

—The Oprah Magazine

I should have pushed him to drink more water that day because it was a scorcher and because I know (due to his shy bladder) he only drinks the bare minimum to get by.

—Mike Myers

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above