What word to use for "poop" in report?

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Scat. It would sound better if the animal was a cat, ergo cat scat!

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@SandiAigo wrote:

Scat. It would sound better if the animal was a cat, ergo cat scat!

I left that word out due to the use of it in German based very degrading pornography.

Do NOT Google that word! You have been warned. confused smiley
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@vlade5394 wrote:

Will this end?

Isn't the end where it all started?

It all started at the other end and was discovered by the OP.
I would have said "A brown substance was on the walkway, so I pulled out my trusty microscrope, got down on all fours, and examined the substance. After a thorough investigation, I determined that the brown, matted, and smelly substance, was poop from an animal species. I cannot identify the exact species, however, based on the specific nature of the smell of the substance, I suspect that the subscance was left on the sidewalk by a three year old, golden brown, male, cocker spaniel."

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@scanman1 wrote:


I left that word out due to the use of it in German based very degrading pornography.

Do NOT Google that word! You have been warned. confused smiley

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Oh, no! The poop post didn't make it into this week's top discussions sad smiley. Is it sad that that would have been one of the highlights of my day?

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Wildlife biologists deal with this all the time identifying what kind of animal left poop. "Scat" is a perfect term. After all, you cannot easily distinguish dog poop from certain other animal's poop, such as fox or coyote or raccoon (which will raid garbage bins at night) or ... but you get the drift. Of course, you may run across and editor who does not recognize the term and thus jeopardize your rating...... :-)

P.S. Even black bear poop can look like a large dog's leavings.
DoogieZZZ - you could refer to a thesaurus as a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.

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@CureMS wrote:

...however, based on the specific nature of the smell of the substance, I suspect that the subscance was left on the sidewalk by a three year old, golden brown, male, cocker spaniel."

Based on the smell?? Come on now. Everyone knows you can't be positive of the age of the depositor without performing a taste test!

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