scatological

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Recent Examples of scatological Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025 In the other monologue, Ray drunkenly tells a story about unleashing scatological revenge on an abusive priest. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025 Other wrestlers confirmed include fan favorites Paquita VaVoom (and her terrifying chancla), Los Crazy Chickens, and the scatological master of lucha libre, Dirty Sanchez. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatological
Adjective
  • Second, there’s Reza’s shallow commitment to MacGuffins as generators of salacious interpersonal violence.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Part 1 ends on several salacious (and bloody) cliffhangers.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lapid trades in indelicate satire for indelicate times — Y at one point literally and lavishly licks his wealthy benefactor’s gleaming knee-high boots — so these grisly verses at first seem a typically blunt caricature of Israeli nationalism at its most ruthless.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2025
  • If any lawsuit ends up in court, a judge or jury will have to decide if an indelicate social media posting is worth more than $500,000 for the bereaved of Sade Robinson.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The department’s content warnings include mild romantic situations and notions of matchmaking, gentle social satire, occasional passive-aggressive dialogue and very mild suggestive themes (but nothing explicit).
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This result is suggestive but not conclusive, as it was based on modeling and not direct measurements.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And while this time there are no actual goats wandering around, Sedgwick provides some barnyard accompaniment with a screaming toy as Bacon strums his acoustic guitar.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Shaun the Sheep fans can't get enough of these barnyard animals and all their gentle adventures.
    Marisa LaScala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • Rather than paint, Wayne used Valspar Terra Venetian plaster on the walls in a rich, earthy hue.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The restaurant’s minimalist design, from the pale wood furniture to the soft globe lighting, feels warm thanks to earthy textures and abundant natural light, creating a calm, modern space, perfect for enjoying a meal.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Australian screenwriter McNamara’s comic sensibilities are more in line with English than American humor — which brings the plus of scathing wit, if also the minus of a certain decorum even in outbursts of indecorous fury.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The massive tag is gone now but something just as indecorous seems likely to replace it.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Over the years, the notoriously ribald Stern has interviewed hundreds of actors, comedians, music artists, athletes, politicians and more on his show.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald, especially in a locker room scene in which the two nude men share a tender familial embrace after comparing penises.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
Adjective
  • The deal, latest in a string of investment commitments, underscores OpenAI and the broader AI industry's voracious appetite for computing power as companies race toward developing AI technology that meets or exceeds human intelligence.
    Max A. Cherney, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • With violent crime rising across the county, Dhillon argued that broader CCW access is not just about constitutional law, but about safety.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Scatological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatological. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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