Why is it called a poop?

The word 'poop' was first written down over 600 years ago, in reference to the rear deck of a ship. Much to my children's disappointment, this name had nothing to do with feces, instead being connected to French and Latin terms for 'stern. ' So at that point, the smell of a 'poop' would have only been salty, sea air.
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Why do people say poo instead of poop?

"Polite" words for a taboo subject become impolite once they have been associated with the taboo for too long. Some Americans are using poo more now because it sounds "less dirty" than poop, and perhaps poop sounds a bit more "fun" and a bit less graphic in for some BrE speakers.
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What is the actual name for poop?

Feces is the scientific terminology, while the term stool is also commonly used in medical contexts. Outside of scientific contexts, these terms are less common, with the most common layman's term being poo (or poop in North American English).
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When was the word poop invented?

The first known use of poop was in the 15th century

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When was poop called poop?

Around 1721, Bailey classified poop as a vulgar word meaning to break wind backwards softly or other bodily discharge. Many think that using 'poop' instead of 'shit' or 'crap' is very less vulgar.
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Can girls poop?

We'll give you the TL;DR first: yes, of course, girls poop. Since they have the same number of chromosomes and basically the same digestive system as guys, male and female humans experience the same bowel movements. So, if you count pooping among your bodily functions, you can assume the women around you also poop.
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Why is pee called pee?

As a verb meaning to urinate, “pee” is simply a shorter form of “piss.” It originally developed in the 18th century, when it stood for “the initial letter of piss,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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When was a fart invented?

The first known use of fart was in the 13th century.
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Who was the first person to poop?

Maybe archaeologists should watch where they step. Researchers have stumbled across what may be the world's oldest human poop, deposited by Neanderthals about 50,000 years ago atop an ancient campfire in Spain.
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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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Why is my poop green?

Food may be moving through the large intestine too quickly, such as due to diarrhea. As a result, bile doesn't have time to break down completely. Green leafy vegetables, green food coloring, such as in flavored drink mixes or ice pops, iron supplements. A lack of bile in stool.
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How do you politely say poop?

If you're talking specifically about bowel movements as opposed to urination, I wouldn't think there is a need to specify one or the other in polite circles. If with close friends or family, you might say something like 'do a poo' or 'take a crap'. There would be a thousand synonyms for 'having a shit' I'm sure.
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Do British people say pee?

Moreover, Brits have an even greater number of words to describe the act of urinating, including the following: having a slash; breaking the seal; spending a penny; having a wee; draining the lizard; having a piddle; having a tinkle; pointing the pink pistol at the porcelain firing range; and watering the flowers.
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What is the Irish word for poo?

Etymology 1. From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”).
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Why is our poop brown?

Normal Poop Color

The color is the result of what you eat and how much bile is in your stool. Bile is a fluid your liver makes to digest fats. It starts out as a yellowish green color. But as the pigments that give bile its color travel through your digestive system, they go through chemical changes and turn brown.
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How much does a fart in a jar cost?

The fart jars are in limited supply — just 5,000 will be minted on the blockchain. Minting a fart jar NFT costs 0.05 ETH, which, at the time of this writing, comes in at around $190 before blockchain gas fees. That's about what a physical fart jar was going for before Matto's retirement.
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Do girls 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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What is world's longest pee?

The world record for the longest pee is 508 seconds. Nearly 8.5 minutes.
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Why is pee yellow?

Normal urine color ranges from pale yellow to deep amber — the result of a pigment called urochrome and how diluted or concentrated the urine is. Pigments and other compounds in certain foods and medications can change your urine color. Beets, berries and fava beans are among the foods most likely to affect the color.
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Why do they call it number 1 and number 2?

@HotLicks My primary school in rural Sussex still had outside toilets in the mid-1970s. That wasn't exceptional. Related El&U question: number one and number two as euphemisms for urinate/defecate.
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Is it Spelt poo or Pooh?

Pooh is an interjection used to express disdain, contempt, or disbelief. There's also the informal verb pooh-pooh, which means to express contempt for or to speak ill of. In today's English, poo refers to defecation and the product of defecation.
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