# Do you "poo" or "poop"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826 "2011-02-18T17:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/61 "2016-04-09T11:33:49Z")
‘Poo’ sounds much more English than ‘poop’ to me. Not that I ever announce my intentions but I will often go for a ‘Tom Tit’. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/62 "2016-04-09T15:48:55Z")
I usually announce I am going to “Drop a Doolittle.” When I spy the toilet I announce “Target acquired!” As my pants come down, it’s “Bomb bay doors open!” followed shortly by “Bombs away!” or sometimes “Pickle!” then the satisfying conclusion: “Target splashed!” Sent from my XT1064 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/63 "2016-04-09T16:23:41Z")
I wonder if there are any statistics about whether zombie poo§, fart, toilet, etc. threads like this one are more likely to be resurrected than non-bathroom-related types of zombie threads. I know I also saw a zombie fart thread some time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/64 "2016-04-10T18:39:53Z")
Talkin’ about poop never gets old. Sent from my XT1064 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/65 "2016-04-10T20:16:33Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Talkin’ about poop never gets old. Weirdo :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/66 "2016-04-11T16:56:34Z")
And I mean that in the most endearing way 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/67 "2016-04-11T17:01:03Z")
I poop unless I’m in the UK. When in Rome, go as the Romans do. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826/68 "2016-04-11T21:47:58Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > I “poo.” I think it sounds funnier and possibly more onamatopoetic to have one blunt consonant end and one trailing vowel end. This is interesting because when you say “poop”, your mouth does the same thing your sphincter does when you, uh, poop. Don’t know if I’d call that an onomatopoeia though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-poo-or-poop/571826.md?page=3)