to poop oneself
- phrasal verb
- /puːp wʌnˈsɛlf/
- NSFW
- When the dog barked loudly, she almost pooped herself!
Examples
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He didn't mean to poop himself during the scary movie.
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He was so startled by the thunder that he almost pooped oneself.
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If I ever see a bear up close, I might just poop oneself.
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She thought she might poop oneself during the terrifying haunted house tour.
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When the roller coaster went down the steep drop, she couldn't help but poop oneself out of fear.
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He was so frightened by the sudden loud noise that he nearly pooped oneself.
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After hearing the loud crash, the little boy thought he might poop oneself in shock.
Synonyms
To be very scared or surprised in a rude, informal way
To feel very frightened or surprised and often accidentally poop yourself
To feel very scared and almost lose control of your body
To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked
To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared
To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'poop' (to defecate) plus the reflexive 'oneself' make the literal meaning — to defecate on oneself — readily inferable to a learner who knows the words. However, the typical pragmatic nuance (that it is usually involuntary, often occurs in clothing, and is linked to extreme fear/shock/excitement) and its informal/vulgar register are not fully predictable from the constituents alone.
Etymology
Poop oneself gives a plain, literal image: someone is so scared or shocked that they actually poop and soil oneself in their clothes. That's why it means 'to poop in your clothes' because of very strong fear or shock.