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/puːp
/- But then the roof of the top of the ship is a poop deck.
- The poop deck, forecastle and upper deck were beautifully kept, although the bilge had suffered from some leakage and had been poorly patched up.
- The two strangers led Midori and Aoi out and up a flight of stairs, onto the poop deck of the ship.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French pupe, from a variant of Latin puppis 'stern'.
nincompoop from late 17th century:
The word nincompoop perhaps came from Nicodemus, the name of a Jewish Pharisee in the New Testament who became something of a byword for slow-wittedness. Nicodemus secretly visited Jesus one night to hear about his teachings. Jesus explained, ‘Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God’, which puzzled the Pharisee, who took Jesus literally and said ‘How can a man be born when he is old?’. The -poop part of the word may have come from the old verb poop, which meant ‘to deceive or cheat’. In a similar vein ninny (late 16th century) may be a pet form of the name Innocent.
Rhymes
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/puːp/- I'm back, I'm pooped, I'm happy, I'm going to sleep,
- I'm absolutely pooped this morning - I'm not even sure why, as yesterday was generally a pretty relaxing day - work was far from stressful, and the fireworks in the evening were a fun but gentle way of passing the time.
- The reindeer are pooped, think we'll stay here awhile.
Phrasal verbs
poop out
Origin
1930s: of unknown origin.
poop3
/puːp/- I was the one that they would, you know, one would lean over behind me and the other would give me a push and I would land in the dog manure, poop pile.
- Aside from a few dog poop and erection jokes, some of the dialogue is surprisingly smart.
- Then you have to act humble, mutter some incantation three times, then they throw dog poop on your shoes, and suddenly you are acting Prime Minister and Grand Poobah.
- I was pooping myself because I hadn't played for years, but once I got into it I was fine.
- This will require a bus, a couch on a trailer, 50 gallons of Tequila and Register readers lobbing Big Macs into the mouth of a giant, plastic vulture, which will then poop the burgers into our hands.
Origin
Early 18th century: imitative.
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/puːp/- It gives the inside poop on the social scene at colleges from coast to coast.
- What a relief to discover that my industrious good friend David Brown is hot on the trail of the schnooks who made a pile trading Cinram stock off the inside poop.
- My own personal poop situation falls into the category of ‘too much information for my gentle blog-reading audience.’
Origin
1940s: of unknown origin.
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/puːp/Derivatives
poopy
- On bad days I imagine growing old in a dust-covered house surrounded by hundreds of mounds of dirty laundry and piles of 40 year old poopy diapers because I will never again have the strength to clean my house.
- They meet a couple of cute boys (a blonde for Jane, a brunette for Roxy), pick up a funny-looking dog in order to maximize the poopy jokes, and they run!
- You want 1,000 words on puppy poopy, I'm your gal.
Origin
Early 20th century: perhaps a shortening of nincompoop.