# Euphemisms for poo and the act of pooping **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689 "2004-07-12T13:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/41 "2004-07-13T21:45:17Z")
On December 25 (or any other day of the year, for that matter): “I gotta say HOWDY HO to Mr Hankey.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/42 "2004-07-13T22:12:27Z")
From Teemings Extras: [http://www.teemings.com/extras/humor/attrayant01.html](http://www.teemings.com/extras/humor/attrayant01.html) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/43 "2004-07-13T22:21:50Z")
When I was in retail, I’d go “make a deposit”. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/44 "2004-07-13T22:27:14Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I say this sometimes, although the correct usage is “I have to pump a grumpy” I wonder, is this some kind of comment about Snow White’s buddy? (i.e. Grumpy is a nasty little sh\*t.) And if so, shouldn’t it be “I have to pump a Grumpy”? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/45 "2004-07-14T00:57:31Z")
> [@picker](#): > > My grandfather referred to the act as grunting, particularly when applied to animals. For example, upon one’s return from walking the dog, he’d ask: “Did he grunt?” > > Grunt also referred to the poop itself, as in “that’s a big pile of grunt!” or “don’t step in the grunt” My grandmother also used that - “I need to go grunt.” Wonder if that was a Depression-era term? When I was a kid we called poop “ack”. We got that from our mother, but I don’t know where she got it. Seems like a bit of onomotopoeia going on with that one. “Hey, is that a turd?” “Ack!” Now if you’ll pardon me, I have to go see a man about a horse. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/46 "2005-06-06T19:07:04Z")
Delighted to see this thread. I just made up a new one today (courtesty of my dog pooping in the woods)… I gotta go “_toss a pinecone_”. Whaddya think? Does it have legs? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/47 "2005-06-06T19:19:23Z")
If all the Dopers ate beans and pooped at the same time, we could leave the Steaming Millions. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/48 "2005-06-06T19:20:31Z")
I usually drop the kids off at the pool or make a deposit. However, on special occasions (usually on a car trip with my husband) I break out the, “Can we stop soon? I’m prairie doggin’ it!” Since obviously we’re not the only ones who are fascinated by the magical properties of the poo, I’ll share with you the game my husband and I play when we’re on vacation together: we keep track to see who can poop in the most places we visit (in the bathroom of different places, of course). Each time you poop, you get a point. Special places, such as Disneyworld, get you double points. A restaurant or gas station would only get you one. My husband once got four points for going twice at Universal Studios. He’s such a stud. Though I did get four for making two deposits at the Mall of America. Then again, so did he. What can I say? We’re regular folks. Anyway, feel free to try this on your next family vacation! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/49 "2005-06-06T19:44:43Z")
“I gotta go do a jobby”. (A Scots euphemism that I gleaned from Wikipedia via Trillian). Diarrhea - “I’m peeing out of my asshole.” And the obligatory: Why do they call it _taking_ a dump when you’re leaving it? You’re not taking anything! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/50 "2005-06-06T20:06:51Z")
I forgot. Thanks to Dave Chappelle, having diarrhea in our house is now having the “mud butt.” I also wanted to chime in as another person whose grandmother “grunts.” I always thought it was funny when I was a kid and she told me she had to grunt. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689/51 "2005-06-06T20:13:57Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163132&highlight=poop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163132&highlight=poop) yet another. My, what a board we’ve got here. What a board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-poo-and-the-act-of-pooping/254689.md?page=2)