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  • 61crap — crap1 [kræp] n spoken not polite [Sense: 1 6; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: crap outside covering of grain, solid material from melted fat (15 19 centuries), from Middle Dutch crappe piece torn off , from crappen to break off ] [Sense: 7; Date: 1700… …

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  • 62poop — poop1 [pu:p] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from poo poo, or from poop copying the sound of farting (18 20 centuries).] 1.) [U] AmE informal solid waste from the ↑bowels British Equivalent: poo 2.) [singular] AmE informal the act of passing… …

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  • 63shit — shit1 [ʃıt] interjection not polite used to express anger, annoyance, fear, or disappointment = ↑damn ▪ Shit! I ve left my purse at home. shit 2 shit2 S2 n spoken not polite ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body waste)¦ 2¦(something bad)¦ 3¦(stupid/untrue talk)¦ 4 not …

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  • 64bowel — c.1300, from O.Fr. boele intestines, bowels, innards (12c., Mod.Fr. boyau), from M.L. botellus small intestine, originally sausage, dim. of botulus sausage, a word borrowed from Oscan Umbrian, from PIE *gwet /*geut intestine (Cf. L. guttur throat …

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  • 65coeliac — 1660s, from L. coeliacus, from Gk. koiliakos pertaining to the bowels, also pain in the bowels, from koilia bowels, abdominal cavity, intestines, tripe from koilos hollow, from PIE root *kel (see CELL (Cf. cell)) …

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  • 66movement —    1. an act of defecation    It is the bowels which move, not the participant:     Observe the time of day he has his movement. (M. McCarthy, 1963)    Move your bowels, to defecate, is standard English:     He lay in bed, reading nothing; he… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 67crap — 1 noun slang 1 (U) something someone says that you think is completely wrong or untrue: Jane doesn t really think we believe all that crap, does she? | be full of crap (=often say things that are untrue or completely wrong): We all knew Mark was… …

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  • 68poop — 1 noun 1 (C) technical the raised part at the back end of an old sailing ship 2 the poop AmE informal the latest news about something that has happened, which is told to you unofficially by someone; lowdown: Come on, Dan, what s the poop? Are… …

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  • 69bowel — bow•el [[t]ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) anat. Usu., bowels. the intestine 2) bowels a) the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth[/ex] b) archaic feelings of pity or compassion 3) to disembowel… …

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  • 70gripe — [[t]graɪp[/t]] v. griped, grip•ing, n. 1) Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble 2) pat to suffer pain in the bowels 3) to seize and hold firmly; grasp; clutch 4) pat to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction 5) cvb to …

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