Jane Siberry

Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live.

Canadian Musician

Sally Phillips

TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?

British Actress

Jaggi Vasudev

If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then definitely I am not that.

Indian Author

Kim Shattuck

People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.

American Musician

George Lois

The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened.

American Artist

Natasia Demetriou

I suffer from IBS so I'm severely constipated at all times.

English Comedian

Often used to describe a personal health condition with discomfort or pain.

Physical Discomfort

Discussing constipation can be private and embarrassing for some people.

Sensitive Topic

Primarily used in medical or health-related contexts to describe bowel issues.

Medical Context

Used metaphorically to describe situations that are slow or hindered, not just traffic.

Metaphorical Use

Recognize when 'constipated' is used figuratively, beyond its literal medical meaning.

Figurative Context

Implies frustration or dissatisfaction with the slow pace of things.

Negative Connotation

 So, yes, you can lose weight, but your heart isn't happy. Now one of the studies funded by the Atkins Center found that 70 percent of the people were constipated, 65 percent had bad breath, 54 percent had headaches -- this is not a healthy way to eat. So you might start to lose weight and start to attract people towards you,

Dean Ornish: Healing...

 and external anal sphincter. The puborectalis forms a sling-like formation around the rectum called the anorectal angle. And when you voluntarily relax your external anal sphincter, the stool is finally expelled. When you’re constipated, however,

Constipated