Meaning scatology
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"obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat-, stem of skor (genitive skatos) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (source al [..]
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Not to be confused with eschatology, scatology refers to so-called "potty-humor"--jokes or stories dealing with feces designed to elicit either laughter or disgust. Anthropologists h [..]
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(n) a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)(n) (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purpos [..]
Source: beedictionary.com





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