poo n.1
1. the vagina.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 567: There was an Indian maid / Who was always afraid / That some buckeroo would sock her in the poo, / While she lay sleeping in the shade. | |
| Why Are We in Vietnam? (1970) 13: That little blond lady [...] powder on the poo. | |
| (con. 1940s) Tattoo (1977) 6: Rosie’s perfumed and powdered white poo was the great inverted heart of his every Valentine dream. |
2. (usu. UK/US juv., also pooh, poo-poo) excrement, an act of defecation; cite 1837 suggest a very early use (though ? misprint for pee) [SE poo! excl. announcing an unpleasant smell or expressing disbelief].
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | ‘I’d Be a Member Mug’ in Flash Olio in Spedding & Watt (eds) Bawdy Songbooks (2011) III 203: What tho’ you’d tell me a poo-pot is nasty / And often gets broken when emptied. | |
| ‘The Street of a Thousand Lanterns’ in Billy Bennett’s Third Budget 29: He’d a wife called Who-flung-poo-poo. | |
| On Broadway 17 Sept. [synd. col.] J. Wechsler (the editor of the N.Y. Poo) [etc.]. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Gun in My Hand 107: Michael does poos in his pants. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Dimboola (2000) 81: I did poo, Mummy. | |
| Airtight Willie and Me 10: A ’ho ain’t worth a thimble of poo-poo. | |
| Memoirs of an Old Bastard 36: I loved your pink chubby little body [...] I even loved your poo. | |
| (con. 1964) My Secret Hist. (1990) 252: Doing wee-wee and poo-poo on the sidewalk. | |
| Mad Cows 56: Worse than the endless poo were the air-to-surface mucus missiles. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Sudden Times 102: An old lady taking her dog to do his poo poo. | |
| Guardian Weekend 15 Jan. 27: He addresses a Loony woman, the Minister for Pets and Poo-Poo. | |
| Indep. 23 Mar. 13: Cats always bury their pooh. | |
| Guardian Rev. 16 Oct. 27: A paean to poo. | |
| Sucked In 219: I wouldn’t call Mike Kyriakis deep shit [...] A piece of poo on the footpath, perhaps. | |
| Guardian.co.uk [headline] Human poo to power homes. Pilot project in Didcot is first in UK to produce domestic gas from sewage. | |
| ‘Six Feet Under God’ in Life During Wartime (2018) 194: The chimp shook an angry poo-smeared fist at me. | |
| Empty Wigs (t/s) 187: Lucia Gammeltoft The Queen Of Trapeze And Somersets, the clowns PooPoo and DooDoo. |
3. attrib. use of sense 2, pertaining to excrement or defecation.
![[SA]](/static/img/flags/sa.png "South Africa") | Part Hate Part Love (1994) 9: I had already taken to flushing the toilet twice [...] just in case the ablutions inspector had a periscope up the poo-poo pipe. | |
| Guardian Guide 26 June–2 July 98: The plethora of pee, poo and vomit gags. | |
| Guardian Rev. 21 Apr. 16: If Mr Hanky’s poo-poo jokes make you fall apart, you won’t believe your luck. |
4. in fig. use, rubbish, nonsense.
| (con. 1940s) Tattoo (1977) 202: ‘We will win this year.’ ‘No way.’ ‘Poo on you.’. | |
| Six Out Seven (1994) 362: ‘Dog-poo,’ said Lactameon. That was one crazy-ass niggerboy, whether he knew it or not. |
In compounds
(US black) a male homosexual.
| Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 poo hammer Definition: a faggot Example: Look at those freaky poohammers over there. |
a weakling; a general derog. term.
| Central Sl. 41: pooh butt A sissy [...] ‘I’ll go to jail, man; you ain’t dealin’ with no pooh butt.’. | |
| Pulp Fiction [film script] 55: Don’t you be bringing some fucked up pooh-butt to my house! | |
| Plainclothes Naked (2002) 172: One [cousin] live in a cardboard box down by the railroad tracks. He’s a poo-butt. We don’t count him. |
the anus.
 | posting to ‘How to defeat gay arguments’ at FreeRepublic.com 14 Dec. 🌐 It’s pretty obvious to me that, whether you’re an evolutionist or a creationist, the pooh chute is not an orifice that is meant for shoving things up and will not produce a reproductive outcome. |
(US campus) an irritating person.
| Gaudy Image (1966) 66: ‘Pooh-brain!’ she called him lovingly. ‘Come to bed, you goof!’. | |
| Sl. U. |
1. the anus.
| Anatomy of a Nightmare 9: Mary [...] went on to say that William puts his finger in the poo hole and Mom puts it in there too. | |
| Sex, The Truth 57: The front [hole] is your pee hole (urethra), the back opening is the poo hole (anus) where your body gets rid of waste faeces (turds, crap). | |
| Memorial 252: Looking the way she looks, probably shaves her bush [and] waxes her poo-hole. |
2. (Aus.) an unpleasant place.
| Tracks (Aus.) Dec. 5: Tassy is weird [...] When you are forced to live in Launceston you do anything to escape this poo-hole, farty-breath of a place [Moore 1993]. |
3. an unpleasant individual.
| View from the Upper Deck 27: He’ll always be a big, stinky poo hole to me! |
(Aus./N.Z.) a male homosexual.
| Lingo 115: This hardly exhausts the terms used to describe homosexuals in Lingo, all of which are unrelievedly pejorative and include, but are not restricted to: [...] poo-pirate; turd-burglar; windjammer; pillow-biter, and fag. | |
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 143/2: poo-hole pirate n. a homosexual. |
see poo-stabber
(N.Z. prison) the police.
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 143/2: poo-lice n. the police. |
a male homosexual.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: poo packer See Marmite driller. |
(N.Z.) a homosexual bar.
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. |
stupid.
| Guestbook on Lethargy Tar-Tare 12 Sept. 🌐 I OWN this Guest book FYI You all are poopants. |
a male homosexual.
| The-House-of-Love.org ‘Gay Men Names’ 🌐 poojabber • poo percolator • poo-puncher • poo-pusher • poo-stabber. |
a male homosexual.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: poo pipe pirate See kakpipe cosmonaut. |
a chamber-pot.
| ‘I’d Be a Member Mug’ in Flash Olio in Spedding & Watt (eds) Bawdy Songbooks (2011) III 203: What tho’ you tell me a poo-pot is nasty, / And often gets broken when emptied . |
a male homosexual.
| Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 87/1: poo-pusher active male homosexual. | |
| How to Shoot Friends 59: Dave [...] didn’t want to soil his hands flogging poo pushers in public dunnies. | |
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. | |
| ‘Trolling the Beat to Working the Soob’ in Int’l Jrnl Lexicog. 23:1 59: [D]erogatory terms like pillow muncher (receptive partner in anal sex), poo-pusher (dominant partner in anal sex), and Morobar (in reference to the chocolate covered confectionary; the dominant partner in anal sex). |
a male homosexual; the active partner in homosexual anal intercourse.
| Lingo 115: This hardly exhausts the terms used to describe homosexuals in Lingo, all of which are unrelievedly pejorative and include, but are not restricted to: [...] poo-jabber; poo-jammer; poo-puncher; poo-pusher; poo-shooter; poo-stabber [...] and fag. | |
| Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 poo stabber Definition: a homosexual man who likes to ‘drive in the mud’ Example: Dude, I dont care. Even if you are drunk, quit acting like a poo stabber. | |
| Cherry Pie [ebook] ‘Patsy’s not so bad, but he’s a poo jabber so I watch out for him’. |
In phrases
(Aus.) in difficulties.
| Foetal Attraction (1994) 214: A mate of a mate overheard a convo in the Groucho Club. Said you were in the poo and might want to sell your story. | |
| Lockie Leonard, Legend (1998) 65: If I’m unemployed we’re all in the poo. | |
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. |
(N.Z.) a mild phr. expressing disapproval or disgust.
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 161: poos and wees A mild expression of disgust or disapproval, eg ‘That’s the second year in a row Jill’s forgotten my birthday. Well, poos and wees to her too.’. |