Poopy
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Faeces. childish, countable, slang, uncountable
- 1 shitty informal
"You don't throw a six-year-old into a sandbox and say: "Hey! You can only make poopy castles!" You know when you take wet sand and just let it drip on top of a pile of sand? It's a poopy castle."
- 2 Depressed, weak, or worthless. slang
"Who can feel poopy when they wander to the room where hot soup, bread, and cereal regularly make their appearance?"
- 3 Dirty with feces. informal
"poopy bottom"
- 4 Resembling or characteristic of feces. informal
"a poopy smell"
- 5 needing to poop (defecate) informal
"Can we stop the car? I'm poopy."
Example
More examples"You don't throw a six-year-old into a sandbox and say: "Hey! You can only make poopy castles!" You know when you take wet sand and just let it drip on top of a pile of sand? It's a poopy castle."
Etymology
From poop + -y. Compare shitty.
From poop + -y (“diminutive-forming suffix”).
Originated 1957, perhaps by shortening nincompoop or as a euphemism for shitty (see above); see poop.
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