noun
scatology
skuh-TAH-luh-jee/skætˈɔlʌdʒi/
Discourse concerning excrement.
Their discussion of the illustrated feces is an example of scatology.
Etymology
The pieces make excrement a subject of discourse. The recorded sense “obscene literature” helps explain why the word can describe discussion of excrement and related subjects rather than a formal science.
In context
scatology scatology as I said before these are taboo words related to bodily effluvia effluvia is a wonderful word that just means things that come out of our bodies
More examples
- The essay examines scatology in medieval literature.
- Her lecture on scatology treats human waste as a serious subject.
- Some readers enjoy the novel's scatology; others find it disgusting.
Forms
scatological adjective — Relating to excrement, especially in obscene language.