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blueveinedthrobber wrote:

BernardR wrote:
Did you find the word "Shitting" in the Dictionary? I don't have that word in my dictionary. Perhaps my dictionary is too old.

Bernie, the word "shitting" is mentioned in numerous places. Check out Google.

example:

defecation: the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Do I see the word "PRINCETON"? Sounds important, Bernie.

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I am certain, Mr. Miller, that most writers would use the word "defecation".

Most people who have graduated from High School would indeed use that word!

The use of the word "shitting" reveals a vocabulary that has not advanced beyond the fifth grade!

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Crap.

Shitting is a damn fine old word, befitting any who are not full of false shame about normal and natural functions.

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Is "crapping" a word, too?

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BernardR wrote:

I am of the opinion that anyone who must utilize the verbiage "Shitting" in his or her posts may have a familial problem akin to mental retardation.
Sometimes it affects those who have psychological problems such as bi-polar disorders. Those people are to be pitied since they sometimes don't know if they are coming or going!

This has GOTTA be Italmassagato's attempt at humour, right?

Shocked

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You are, of course, completely within your rights to have an opinion concerning the useage of the word-"shitting". Dlowan.

I can say without fear of contradiction that my wife or daughter would never use the word in a forum which is viewed by many people.

They would, I am sure, say that it is a matter of good breeding!!

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Miller wrote:

Is "crapping" a word, too?

Seems to be:

Dictionary
crap1 (krăp) Vulgar Slang.
n.
Excrement.
An act of defecating.
Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
Cheap or shoddy material.
Miscellaneous or disorganized items; clutter.
Insolent talk or behavior.
intr.v., crapped, crap·ping, craps.
To defecate.

interj.
Used to express anger or displeasure.

phrasal verb:
crap up

To make a mess of; bungle.

[Middle English crappe, chaff, from Old French crappe, from Medieval Latin crappa, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

crap2 (krăp)
n.
See craps.
A losing first throw in the game of craps.
v., crapped, crap·ping, craps.
To make a losing throw in the game of craps. Usually used with out.

phrasal verb:
crap out Slang.

To fail to keep a commitment or promise: crapped out on me when I needed him.
To fail to function properly: The old TV crapped out again.
To leave: crapped out of the meeting early.

[Back-formation from CRAPS.]

Thesaurus
crap

noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

WordNet
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun crap has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: obscene terms for feces
Synonyms: dirt, ****, shite, poop, turd

Meaning #2: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Synonyms: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, ****, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash, dogshit

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The verb crap has one meaning:

Meaning #1: have a bowel movement
Synonyms: defecate, ****, take a ****, take a crap, ca-ca, make

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Wikipedia
crap
Crap is either a slang or vulgar term meaning "poor quality" or faeces respectively. In its former meaning is also connotes inaccurate, of little factual substance, lies, hype, or quackery. It can be partnered with "bull" to enhance the power of the word. It is commonly used to express wonder or surprise where other words are too strong, as in "Holy crap!" instead of "Holy ****!"

The word is considered by some people to be a less offensive than **** which holds similar meanings. Some people find the word crap offensive, and will use the minced oath "crud" instead, as in "Oh, crud!"

Etymology
Contrary to popular belief, crap is not derived from Thomas Crapper's name. While Crapper lived from 1836 to 1910, the word is, in fact, much older. It is one of a group of nouns applied to discarded cast offs, like "residue from renderings" (1490s) or in Shropshire, "dregs of beer or ale", meanings probably extended from Middle English crappe "chaff, or grain that has been trodden underfoot in a barn" (c. 1440), deriving ultimately from Late Latin crappa, "chaff."

The word fell out of use in Britain by the 1600s, but remained prevalent in the North American colonies which would eventually become the United States. The meaning "to defecate" was recorded in the US since 1846 (according to Oxford and Merriam-Webster), but the word did not hold this meaning at all in Victorian England.

For a more detailed discussion of the myths, see the article on Thomas Crapper.

Derivative words
Crap's popularity as an all-purpose word has given rise to a number of derived words, including but not limited to:

crapola — noun, same meaning as crap.
crappy — adjective, meaning poor quality.
crappo — same meaning, in Spanglish.
craptacular — a portmanteau of crappy and spectacular
craptastic — a portmanteau of crappy and fantastic
Despite the word usually taking the form of either a noun or verb, some people use crap interchangably with its adjective form crappy. ex: My computer has a really crap video card.

Expressions
Most expressions involving the word "****" have equivalent expressions which substitute the word "crap". Other expression involving "crap" are:

cut the crap — meaning to stop lying or beating around the bush.
crap face — An insult.
crap out — meaning to break down or stop working.
crapster — a person which is crap. totally crap.

Other meanings
Crap may also refer to:

A first throw totaling two, three, or twelve, in the dice game called Craps.
The Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party (CCRAP), sarcastically referred to as "CRAP"; the party has since been renamed the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance Party (CRCAP). It should be noted that this party no longer exists, having been recreated under the banner of the Conservative Party of Canada.
The Columbia River Avian Predation Project (CRAPP), a federally-funded project studying the effect of piscivorous birds like Caspian terns and Double-crested cormorants no salmon recovery on the Columbia River.
Cut Rate Auto Parts, a chain of auto parts stores in southern Puget Sound, Washington. As an advertising campaign, the company sells Mugs and bumper stickers with CRAP in large letters, with the other letters considerably smaller.
Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection, term suggested by ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind in a humorous article and video.

See also
Profanity
****
poo

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Translations
Translations for: Crap
Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin, rotzooi, uitwerpselen, (verliezende worp in) dobbelspel, schijten, stront

Français (French)
débiter des conneries, chier, merde, conneries, jeu de dés, craps

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scheiße, Würfelspiel
v. - scheißen
adj. - (vulg) Scheiß...
n. - Fehlwurf, Crap
v. - einen Fehlwurf machen (beim Würfelspiel)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. αποπατώ, χέζω n. κουράδες, (μτφ.) σαχλαμάρες, κουραφέξαλα, (πληθ.) ζάρια, μπαρμπούτι int. μπαρούφες!

Italiano (Italian)
dadi, cacare, merda

Português (Portuguese)
v. - defecar
n. - asneira (f) (coloq.), lance (m) de azar

Русский (Russian)
испражняться, дерьмо, чушь собачья, говно, игра в кости

Español (Spanish)
n. - mierda, porquería, disparate
v. intr. - cagarse
adj. - porquería, de mala calidad
n. - dados
v. intr. - hacer una tirada desafortunada en el juego de dados

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skita (vulg.)
n. - tärningsspel (am.), skit (sl.), smörja
int. - skit!, skitsnack!

中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
n. - 拉屎, 屎, 胡言
v. intr. - 拉屎
n. - 掷两个骰子出现的输的数目

中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
n. - 拉屎, 屎, 胡言
v. intr. - 拉屎
n. - 擲兩個骰子出現的輸的數目

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - うんこ, うんこすること, ばかばかしいこと, くそ, くだらんこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تغوط, تبرز (الاسم) براز الجسم, هرا, تغوط (نداء) لا قيمه له, ردى جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)‬
n. - ‮שטויות, צואה, הגזמה, עשיית צרכים, אשפה‬
v. intr. - ‮עשה צרכיו‬
n. - ‮זריקה מפסידה במשחק הימור בקוביות‬

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This topic is into it's eleventh page!? You guys gotta be shittin' me.

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And then there's "Shooting Craps", for dice lovers.

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roger wrote:

This topic is into it's eleventh page!? You guys gotta be shittin' me.

Vulgar ass!

Had you any breeding you would have said: "You guys gotta be defecatin' me."

You have potentially wounded the sensibilties of no lesser persons than Bernardogrottyasso's wife and daughter!

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I am indebted to Ms.Dlowan's research. I take it that she indicates that since the word, "shitting" is listed in the Dictionary, it is a term which may be used with impunity in one's writing. I must demur. There are many terms listed in the Dictionary which are not used by well-bred people. Some of them are: Nigger, Fag, and Broad. "Shitting" is clearly a scatologial term. Note definition number four below:

sca·tol·o·gy (sk-tl-j, sk-)
n. pl. sca·tol·o·gies
1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
2.
a. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
b. The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
3. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.

I am sure that some will hold that "Shitting" is a perfectly good term to use in writing. I am of the opinion that anyone using that term in their writing shows that they either have a very limited vocabulary or are obsessed with scatological functions as in 2. above.

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Of course, then there's the guy who advertises himself on the internet as "Professor Craps".

Confused

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He may, of course, display his ignorance any way he wishes, Mr. Miller. First Amendment Rights-you know!!! But that does not, of course, lend him any class!!

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BernardR wrote:

I am indebted to Ms.Dlowan's research. I take it that she indicates that since the word, "shitting" is listed in the Dictionary, it is a term which may be used with impunity in one's writing. I must demur. There are many terms listed in the Dictionary which are not used by well-bred people. Some of them are: Nigger, Fag, and Broad. "Shitting" is clearly a scatologial term. Note definition number four below:

sca·tol·o·gy (sk-tl-j, sk-)
n. pl. sca·tol·o·gies
1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
2.
a. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
b. The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
3. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.

I am sure that some will hold that "Shitting" is a perfectly good term to use in writing. I am of the opinion that anyone using that term in their writing shows that they either have a very limited vocabulary or are obsessed with scatological functions as in 2. above.

Once again you have failed to perceive a crucially important difference. This time between the use of terms like "****" and those like "Nigger, Fag, and Broad".

May I suggest you ponder the words until you are able to determine the crucial distinction.

I have faith! I believe you can do it.

Once you have made this cognitive leap, you will see that your comparison is full of ****, as is your amateur attempt to pathologise.

Try harder, please, Italmassagrotto!

Your mark so far is a fail.

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Bernie...Bernie...You're too serious!

Professor Craps teaches the art of "Shooting Craps" ( like with dice Laughing

).

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Miller wrote:

Bernie...Bernie...You're too serious!

Professor Craps teaches the art of "Shooting Craps" ( like with dice ).

THis is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Bur, sadly, real life intrudes on my fun.

Sigh....shall Bernie be able to do the homework task set him? Shall his intellect be capable of the simple leap?

Any bets?

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I miss the distinction-Ms. Dlowan--Perhaps you can enlighten me.\

I was under the impression, after your fine outline of the scatology of "shitting" that any word listed in the dictionary can be utilized by serious writers.

Perhaps we should change Nigger and Fag to

Niggard and Male Fellatio,

You are aware, of course, that a man who made a speech using the word Niggard lost his job because of his lack of "sensitivity"

You see, Dlowan, it takes all kinds!!

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I have just received a note from a friend who is, unfortunately, suffering from Crohn's disease. He is furious at the repeated use of "shitting" on the Internet because it brings all the innocent sufferers of his disease into disrepute.

Those who sneer at his discomfiture are invited by him to replicate it with repeated dosages of emetics.

He says that they would never write the word--"Shitting" again!!

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