scatological
Britishadjective
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characterized by obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement
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of or relating to the scientific study of excrement
Explanation
Anything scatological is "off-color" or a bit offensive, typically because it refers to excrement, especially in a joking way. This is a word that describes a kind of immature humor you sometimes encounter in movies or TV shows. Scatological humor is of questionable taste, but it's not quite obscene. Your little brother who thinks toilet jokes are hilarious? You can say that he's a fan of scatological humor.
Example Sentences
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Vance has publicly criticised the extremists, at one point using a scatological insult against Fuentes during an interview with website Unherd.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Victor Estrada’s loose, abstract paintings are vaguely scatological, the excretions of oil paint creating playful, self-contained landscapes of organic imagination confined within the four edges of a canvas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
The riff that runs through all of Albert’s writing and relationships was his great sense of humor, which ranged from the scatological to the acerbic.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
One smaller channel, as with many larger communities, was also devoted to a rawer form of posting that is described by a scatological term, in which members troll each other, share memes and clown around.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
Another Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope followed the publication of this Dunciad, stating his grievances with somewhat less humor, a number of scatological references, and an accusation against Warburton for instigating the change.
From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber
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