scatological
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- adjective
- /ˌskætəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Offensive
- The comedian was known for his scatological jokes that often made the audience laugh and cringe.
- scatological humor
- scatological jokes
- scatological and sexual
Examples
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If you say anything scatological, you will be fired.
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But we aren't dealing with the eschatological; we're dealing with the scatological.
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Don: Sounds pretty scatological to me.
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We had an interesting discussion the other day About the more scatological elements in your work.
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The scatological association of money, however, is not at all off topic.
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Hopefully he knows I'm professional enough not to send scatological language to my target media contacts.
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I'd call it bad dark fantasy with scatological humor.
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Russell's metaphors are becoming rather scatological.
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I'd be very interested in any references you've got on the scatological associations of money.
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Each short chapter holds a wealth of information about the myriad variations of scatological formations that you may witness before flushing.
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Synonyms
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Relating to waste matter the body gets rid of
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Relating to human or animal waste
How Indecent
Surface Forms
Morphology
scatological = scatology (semi-transparent) = scat + ology + ical
The adjective is regularly formed from the technical noun 'scatology' with '-ical', but the base noun is specialized and unlikely to be known by many learners.
Etymology
Scatological comes from an old Greek root skatos meaning 'dung' or 'poo'. So scatological describes talk or jokes that focus on 'poo' or toilet topics, which is why it means coarse or indecent interest in excrement.