# Poll: preferred scatalogical terminology **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243 "2006-05-03T15:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/21 "2006-05-04T01:41:27Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > If that song gets stuck in my head (which it won’t), I sware I’m coming out and having sex with your sister as revenge. Revenge, eh? I HAVE no sister! Revenge is MINE!!1 😃 > [@](#): > > Or I’ll just bitch about it on the Dope. 😃 Can’t stop ya there. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/22 "2006-05-04T02:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] a. shee-yit, crap, or [Doodoocaca!](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/doodoocaca.php) **Warning!** URL not safe for those who prefer not to see animated caricatures of Hitler, Dr. King, or hyperthyroid babies! Curse you!! I got the hiccups so bad I thought I’d never get rid of them!! And when I think I’m stopped, I start singing “doodoocaca doodoocaca peepee” and start hiccupping again. Dangit! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/23 "2006-05-04T03:24:50Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Revenge, eh? I HAVE no sister! Revenge is MINE!!1 :DCan’t stop ya there. Gr. Well, I shall take a giant swig of Grump and bitch openly on the Dope! Zwehehehhehehehehehehehehe! …um, is that as evil as the stock “bwhahahaha” or “muwhahahaha”? i’m really going for evil points here…and i don’t wanna leave any on the table… ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/24 "2006-05-04T12:01:30Z")
Okay, so that was fun. Sounds like “poo” and its derivitaves are popular. Now what I’m I supposed to do, as the OP of a poll thread? I’m not expected to make a graph, am I? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/25 "2006-05-04T13:16:54Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > Okay, so that was fun. Sounds like “poo” and its derivitaves are popular. Now what I’m I supposed to do, as the OP of a poll thread? I’m not expected to make a graph, am I? Oh, just make a shitty graph and it’ll be fine… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/26 "2006-05-04T14:21:03Z")
A. Shit or poop (Ha! You thought I’d say dung, didn’t you?) B. Take a dump C. Turd, usually. When I was a kid, my brother and I referred to those things as stinkies, and the word stinkie still causes me to giggle uncontrollably. Born and raised and still living in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/27 "2006-05-04T14:31:42Z")
Poo Crapping, taking a crap Shit, mudcat ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/28 "2006-05-04T15:04:13Z")
Poop Take a Nixon Serious Trans-Atlantic Cable (a nod to the Kinkster) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/29 "2006-05-04T15:21:31Z")
A. Shit or crap B. Taking a crap or moving one’s bowels C. Piece of shit. But if it’s in the litter box, it’s “Tootsie Roll with sprinkles.” NE Ohio / NYC ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/30 "2006-05-04T15:39:36Z")
Poo Sitting (no H) Poop ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/31 "2006-05-04T17:18:46Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > C. A bolus (formed log of feces) I thought a bolus was a chewed lump of food in one’s mouth. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the oft used ‘eat shit’. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243/32 "2006-05-04T20:29:07Z")
Mass noun: Shit Verb: Saying howdy ho to Mr Hankey Count noun: Turd From: Born in Indiana, but have done time in CA and NYC. PS good to see the term grogan float up again. Back in my alt.tasteless days, I used to say, “Give me a minute to get groganized here…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-preferred-scatalogical-terminology/355243.md?page=1)