What is the proper word for fart?

Fart: This is not an accepted medical word for passing gas. Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed "flatulence." (But what is excess gas is difficult to define since symptom-free individuals have recorded approximately 14 passages of gas per 24 hours!)
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What is a polite word for fart?

An emission of digestive gases. flatulence. flatus. gas. wind.
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What is a fancy word for fart?

In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fart, like: break-wind, breaking wind, farting, flatus, wind, bugger, burp, git and puke.
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What is a wet fart called?

Watery flatulence is when liquid passes out alongside air when a person farts. This liquid could be mucus or watery stool. But what causes watery flatulence? Also known as wet farts, watery flatulence may be due to what a person has eaten or drunk.
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What is the Scottish word for fart?

The Olympus has Fallen actor then explains the meaning behind several popular Scottish slang words. Explaining a less common term, Butler says: “'Air beige'. Okay, air beige is a fart” while generously offering sound effects while acting out the gassy gesture.
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What is the Irish word for fart?

History: Old Irish “broimm”, which is the verbal noun (farting) of the verb “braigit” (farts), comes from a reconstructed Common Celtic verbal noun *bragsmen-, which also yields Welsh and Breton “bram”.
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How often do guys fart?

Doctors say the average person farts anywhere from 5 to 15 times per day. Farting is a normal part of digestion that reflects the activity of the bacteria in your gut. You might also notice that you fart more when you eat certain foods that are more difficult to digest, such as beans or raw vegetables.
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What is it called when you fart and hold someone under the covers?

"Dutch oven"-ing can LITERALLY KILL YOU (maybe)

"Dutch oven", for the uninitiated, is when you trap a fart under blankets (or as one ex did to me—a big parka) then pull said blankets over someone's head.
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Why do I poop when I fart?

Hemorrhoids. When you have hemorrhoids, the swelling in the veins of your rectum can prevent your anus from closing properly. This makes it easier for poop to escape your anus when you pass wind.
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Can a fart catch fire?

Flammable gases

Out of all the gases in our farts, hydrogen, oxygen and methane are the flammable ones. This means they can easily be set on fire. Flammable gases mix readily with oxygen in the air outside our buttocks and can catch fire easily, even at low temperatures.
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Can a fart give you pink eye?

You cannot get pink eye from a fart. Flatulence is primarily methane gas and does not contain bacteria. Additionally, bacteria die quickly outside the body.
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Why does my wife fart so much?

Excessive gas can signal easily manageable causes, such as lactose intolerance and specific reactions to some foods (e.g. beans, cabbage), or to some laxatives and ibuprofen. But there can be serious causes such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease and diabetes.
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Do we fart in sleep?

People commonly fart in their sleep, although they usually are not aware of it. Research suggests pressure in the anal sphincter muscle 2fluctuates in cycles throughout the day. This muscle is more relaxed during sleep, and it controls whether or not gas present in the large intestine is released.
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How often do females fart?

There's a general thought that guys tend to be gassier than girls, but it's a total myth. “Research has not shown that gas production is gender-specific,” Lashner says. Women and men alike both can toot up to 20 times per day and still be considered in the “normal” range, Staller adds.
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Can you buy a fart in a jar?

We'll seal up your stinky jar and ship it out within 1-2 days. So this means it has plenty of time to ferment and ripen. The Fart will then be sent Direct to your recipient's door.
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Is fart a vulgar word?

It's variously described as vulgar, informal, rude, impolite, colloquial, and slang. The Oxford English Dictionary puts it this way: “Not now in decent use.” In other words, “fart” is not quite quite, though dictionaries disagree on the extent of its not-quite-quiteness.
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What is poo in Irish?

From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”).
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Do ladies fart?

Yes, girls fart. Whether the passing of intestinal gas is odorless or smelly, silent or loud, in public or in private, everybody farts! Farting (flatulence). (2019).
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Do females fart more than males?

People pass gas about 14 times per day

The average person produces about half a liter of farts every day, and even though many women won't admit it, women do fart just as often as men. In fact, a study has proven that when men and women eat the exact same food, woman tend to have even more concentrated gas than men.
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What is silent fart called?

Foist. Definition - a silent fart.
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