scatology
Example Sentences
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“South Park” is not immune from childishness, to put it mildly, and there is an element of “worst thought, best thought” in its humor; Parker and Stone are all in on scatology and dumb puns.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
Of course, this is all dangerous bovine scatology.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023
Their scatology paid off: They found well-preserved pollen grains, adding to evidence that cockroaches were important pollinators of cycad trees—the ones that produced the sap that trapped this unlucky creature, a relative of today’s cockroaches.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 10, 2020
I ran this little poetry program in my head again and again, turning out dozens of nonsense limericks, complete with the requisite little-kid scatology.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2020
When Jean Louise and her brother were children, Atticus had occasionally drawn them a sharp distinction between mere scatology and blasphemy.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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