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Recent Examples of scatological
As was the case in the first season, Beef is a machine driven by unintended consequences, some violent, some scatological and all designed to crush the souls of characters who might not have souls to begin with.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
One of the most disgraceful aspects of the current administration is that our president uses vulgar and scatological language to disparage people who disagree with him.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Above those words was a video of a masked vandal adding a scatological element to the billboard, a suggestion that the first lady — ad shown in the ad — is relieving herself on an American flag.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 31 Jan. 2026
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
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
One of the most disgraceful aspects of the current administration is that our president uses vulgar and scatological language to disparage people who disagree with him.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Above those words was a video of a masked vandal adding a scatological element to the billboard, a suggestion that the first lady — ad shown in the ad — is relieving herself on an American flag.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 31 Jan. 2026
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
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The first issue of Publick Occurrences contained a few items of local news and, notably, one salacious sentence speculating that King Louis XIV of France was sleeping with his son’s wife.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Cassie passes her days filming salacious content around the house, dressed as everything from a dog to a baby in her attempts to generate a following and get paid.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The messages between Johnson and Duffey in 2024 revealed the two men used suggestive language.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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First, Apple breezed through a new feature in the cycle tracking app that warns users of patterns that might be suggestive perimenopause or an underlying health condition.—
Mario Aguilar,
STAT,
9 June 2026
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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
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Shaun the Sheep fans can't get enough of these barnyard animals and all their gentle adventures.—
Marisa LaScala,
Good Housekeeping,
30 Sep. 2022
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Touring the campus on an early-autumn morning with Crowley and the university’s biodiversity officer, Abhishek Dixit, I was struck by the earthy overgrowth of the school grounds, which nature appeared determined to reclaim.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The array of feathers added pops of color to the dress, with muted, earthy tones like soft browns and golds and more featured throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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This was likewise interpreted by some as an indecorous gesture of thanks aimed at corporate sponsors.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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Jackson will now look to reunite a Republican Party left battered by the most expensive and divisive gubernatorial primary in Georgia history, while also trying to convince a broader electorate that a healthcare executive with no political experience is prepared to lead Georgia.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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Mayor Kevin McCarty, with broad council support, sent a letter to the county board in August asking them to delay the vote to address various concerns with the project.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scatological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatological. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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