RE: In the Defense of the Spineless, Lilly-livered and Lame-brained: A Scatological Study
sca·tol·o·gy
1. the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
2. obscenity, esp. words or humor referring to excrement.
3. the study of fossil excrement.
Also called coprology.
[Origin: 1875–80; scato- + -logy]
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scat·o·log·i·cal
sca·tol·o·gy
n. pl. sca·tol·o·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.
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scatological - adjective - dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"
adjective
1 : of or relating to the study of excrement
2 : marked by an interest in excrement or obscenity
3 : of or relating to excrement or excremental functions