scatological


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sca·tol·o·gy

 (skă-tŏl′ə-jē, skə-)
n. pl. sca·tol·o·gies
1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology. Also called coprology.
2. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.

scat′o·log′i·cal (skăt′l-ŏj′ĭ-kəl), scat′o·log′ic (-ĭk) adj.
sca·tol′o·gist n.
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scatological

(ˌskætəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or less commonly

scatologic

adj
1. characterized by obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement
2. (Pathology) of or relating to the scientific study of excrement
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.scatological - dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"
dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
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scatological

adjective
Offensive to accepted standards of decency:
Slang: raunchy.
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Translations

scatological

[ˌskætəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] ADJescatológico
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The rest of the novel is an exercise in Rabelaisian humor, alternating between learned disquisitions and outlandishly disgusting sexual and/ or scatological encounters.
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His dense, complex music, which spanned every genre from psychedelic rock and do-wop to jazz and neo-classical (as well as inventing a few new ones of its own) courted controversy with its political satire and often scatological humour, all of which delighted and polarised its listeners in equal measure.
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Dutsch and Suter present this volume examining the use of sexual and scatological obscenities in Greco-Roman text and art.
This is a story in the true carnival-esque tradition, where roles are reversed, humour is scatological and everyone's behaviour is sometimes very, very silly.
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An expletive-laden tale full of innuendo and scatological humour, the film's future had been in doubt after entertainment giant Sony said it was cancelling the release following an embarrassing cyber-attack on its corporate network and threats against moviegoers.