scatology

n., pl. -gies.

1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
2. 1. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
   2. The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
3. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.

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

In a mystifying response to a possibly equally mystifying 1997 birthday card from Harriet Miers to George Bush in which she wrote, "You are the best governor ever — deserving of great respect!" Bush wrote back:

"'I appreciate your friendship and candor. Never hold back your sage advice. P.S. No more public scatology.'"

Link: A deep admiration

Posted October 16, 2005.

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noun

Something that is offensive to accepted standards of decency: bawdry, dirt, filth, obscenity, profanity, ribaldry, smut, vulgarity. Slang raunch. See decent/indecent.

scatology, the study of excrement, e.g. in medicine or palaeontology. In the literary sense it means repeated reference to excrement and related matters, as in the coarse humour of François Rabelais or Jonathan Swift, whose works have passages of a scatological nature.

Study and analysis of feces, as for diagnostic purposes.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skatologi

Nederlands (Dutch)
scatologie (ziekelijke voorliefde voor uitwerpselen), studie van versteende uitwerpselen, onderzoek van uitwerpselen (m.n. diagnostisch)

Français (French)
n. - scatologie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Skatologie, Studium der Faeces, Beschäftigung mit dem Obszönen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοπρολογία, ρυπαρογραφία

Italiano (Italian)
scatologia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escatologia (f)

Русский (Russian)
копрология, грязная порнография, "сортирное чтиво"

Español (Spanish)
n. - escatología

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skatologi, obscenitet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粪石学, 粪便学

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 糞石學, 糞便學

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 분석학, 분변학, 외설 문학 연구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 糞便診断, わいせつ文学研究

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دراسه ألغائط أو ألبراز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התעניינות חולנית בצואה ובספרות עליה, חקר צואה מאובנת, בדיקת צואה לאבחון מחלה‬

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