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