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I have come across a sentence:
weigh yourself first thing in the morning after getting fresh
among non-native English speakers. And seen some other sentences using the word "fresh" in a similar meaning. The highlighted sentence is supposed to be meant "weigh yourself after peeing n pooping".
I couldn't find a meaning of fresh in a dictionary that would mean this.
Is this usage of the word fresh correct?
If not, how else could one convey this in correct English.
I don't know who your audience is, but in American English we say "freshen up", not "get fresh", when referring to activities done in the bathroom.
To "get fresh" is a somewhat old-fashioned expression that means to make a romantic or sexual proposal to someone, particularly when they do not want it. Historically it was almost always used to refer to a man approaching a woman, and was most commonly heard in the phrase, "don't get fresh with me."
"Get fresh (in the morning)" means showering and brushing your teeth, or doing your morning bathroom routine in general.
Since a morning bathroom routine often includes peeing and pooping, it could mean that, but it's not explicit or even implied.
So I'd call this a "loose" or maybe a euphemistic use of the phrase "get fresh".
If I wanted to express that someone should weigh themselves after defecation and peeing and I wanted to say it in a polite and clearly understandable way, I would, as a speaker of AmE, be at a loss. We don't have a generally agreed upon, polite way way to say this.
I would say
Weigh yourself first thing in the morning after your morning purge.
and hope that no one found my statement to be crude language.
Kate makes a nice suggestion in the comments,
Weigh yourself first thing in the morning after using the bathroom.
This is a very modest and understandable way to say it.
