Grossology
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The study of things that are indelicate or gross. colloquial, humorous, uncountable
"Hilarious fables for the modern kid interested in grossology tell about a musk ox and cabbage who are appalled by a skunk's smell, an echidna who swallows her new friend ant, and lunch buddies no one wants to have around—shark, wasp, and bacteria."
Example
More examples"Hilarious fables for the modern kid interested in grossology tell about a musk ox and cabbage who are appalled by a skunk's smell, an echidna who swallows her new friend ant, and lunch buddies no one wants to have around—shark, wasp, and bacteria."
Etymology
From gross + -ology, invented by the writer Sylvia Branzei as a title of her 1992 non-fiction children’s book Grossology.
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