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Why are poops called poops?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The derivation of the word "poop" as a synonym for excrement or, as a verb, for defecating is thought to be imitative. Imitative words are words which very sounds suggest their meaning. According to many linguistic theories, the first words spoken by man were imitations of sounds.

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