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"Faeces" is very commonly used in medical conversations, which with an aging population in most of the developed world, represent a substantial proportion of hu
by aussiesnack 4y ago
"Faeces" is very commonly used in medical conversations, which with an aging population in most of the developed world, represent a substantial proportion of human talk. "Crass" is a silly term to use for a fine aspect of our linguistic heritage (scatalogical words have a fascinating history) - and particularly daft if you're comparing it to the childish (and very American) 'poop' (which will no doubt itself eventually be subject to the euphemism treadmill and be thought of as 'crass' by the next wave of neo-Victorians). 'Shit' is by far the most commonly used word for this topic amongst grown up speakers of English that I have known.
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoWell sounds like you aren't hanging out with the classiest crowd then
- aussiesnack 4y agoWell if your definition of 'classy' excludes from worthwhile companionship thousands of people of the 4 nations I've lived in, classes ranging from street kids to multimillionaires, co-workers in shops and factories and corporate offices, ages from the primary school kids I've taught to the 90 year olds I've been friends with, then you're working from a sadly narrow social palette. Perhaps your only experience of life is middle-class US sub/exburbia, but, truly, that group's local mores do not represent the universal cultural apex you think it does.