Going to the bathroom is something that many people act shy about. Discussing it with any degree of detail is often seen as childish and immature, despite the fact that it’s a natural and regular occurrence.
We’re going to break into this taboo topic today by sharing 100 slang words for poop in this guide. Hopefully, these terms and phrases will give you a good laugh and a new way to refer to your own trips to the bathroom.
Slang Words for Poop (in Alphabetical Order)
A
A Jumper at the Door
Meaning:
- (Noun): US paratrooper slang for when you feel as if you’re ready to go to the bathroom.
- Example: “I’ve got a jumper at the door, so give me a few minutes.”
B
Bake a Loaf
Meaning:
- (Verb): The act of defecating.
- Example: “Excuse me – I need to bake a loaf.”
Blow Mud
Meaning:
- (Verb): A somewhat vulgar way to refer to pooping. This usually calls to mind when you have diarrhea, so it’s on the graphic side.
- Example: “He needed to take a break to blow mud.”
Brown Anchor
Meaning:
- (Noun): A piece of poop.
- Example: “Someone left a brown anchor in the toilet. Disgusting.”
Brown Dog Scratching at the Back Door
Meaning:
- (Noun): The state of feeling like you have to relieve yourself. This is similar to “a jumper at the door.”
Build a Log Cabin
Meaning:
- (Verb): Going to the bathroom.
Bust a Grumpy
Meaning:
- (Verb): Another phrase that means using the restroom.
Butt Baby
Meaning:
- (Noun): A somewhat childish and humorous slang word referring to stool.
Butt Truffles
Meaning:
- (Noun): Another funny phrase referencing a piece of poop.
C
Caca/Kaka
Meaning:
- (Noun): Childish word for stool. Normally, an adult wouldn’t say something like this unless they were speaking to a child.
Catch Up on Some Reading
Meaning:
- (Expression): A euphemism for the act of defecating.
Churn Dookie Butter
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another euphemism that references going to the bathroom.
Claim the Porcelain Throne
Meaning:
- (Expression): A saying that refers to how one sits on a toilet in order to go to the bathroom.
Code Brown
Meaning:
- (Noun): Slang term for when someone has defecated in their pants. Keep in mind that this has a drastically different meaning in an actual hospital.
Coil Some Rope
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another expression for pooping.
Crap
Meaning:
- (Noun): A more common slang term that describes stool. It can also be used as an exclamation that indicates displeasure, anger, or upset.
- Example: “Crap! I left my wallet at home.”
Cut Some Brownies
Meaning:
- (Expression): Euphemism for going to the bathroom.
D
Decorate the Oval Office
Meaning:
- (Expression): A less common way of referencing using the toilet.
Defecate
Meaning:
- (Verb): Medical terminology for pooping. This isn’t likely to be used in day-to-day speech.
- Example: “The patient defecated on the floor in the operating room.”
Deliver a Load
Meaning:
- (Expression): Phrase that means you are going to the bathroom.
Dingleberry
Meaning:
- (Noun): A mixture of poop and toilet paper that can get left behind in your butt after wiping.
- Example: “Did you make sure you didn’t have any dingleberries after going to the bathroom?”
Doodoo
Meaning:
- (Noun): Childish slang for stool. Not commonly used by adults.
Doody/Doodie
Meaning:
- (Noun): More childish slang for stool that is similar to doodoo.
Dookie
Meaning:
- (Noun): Slang for stool. Also an album by the band Green Day.
Drop a Bomb
Meaning:
- (Expression): Euphemism for defecation. Be careful where you say this one, as it may be perceived as threatening in some situations.
Drop a Deuce
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another euphemism for going to the bathroom.
Drop Anchor
Meaning:
- (Expression): Rare phrase that describes using the restroom.
Drop Potatoes in the Crock Pot
Meaning:
- (Expression): Uncommon phrase for pooping.
Drop the Kids off at the Pool
Meaning:
- (Expression): Common euphemism for pooping.
Dropping Airborne Rangers in the Drop Zone
Meaning:
- (Expression): US military slang for pooping.
Dropping Fudge
Meaning:
- (Expression): Uncommon slang for pooping that also usually references some absurd amount for comedic purposes.
- Example: “I had to drop a pound or two of fudge before going to the party.”
Droppings
Meaning:
- (Noun): Somewhat more polite way of referring to a piece of poop. Usually refers to animal poop rather than human.
- Example: “The bear left some droppings in our backyard.”
Dump
Meaning:
- (Noun): A piece of poop. This is usually used in a verb sense by saying something like, “taking a dump.”
Dung
Meaning:
- (Noun): Another delicate, politer way of referring to stool. Used similarly to droppings.
F
Fart Pebbles
Meaning:
- (Noun): Phrase that refers to poop. It’s kind of like shart, in that it implies you got more than you bargained for after a fart.
Feed the Fish
Meaning:
- (Expression): Euphemism for going to the bathroom.
File Paperwork
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another euphemism for pooping.
Floater
Meaning:
- (Noun): A piece of poop that floats on the surface of the toilet water.
- Example: “Someone left a nasty floater in the bathroom. Beware.”
Food Baby
Meaning:
- (Noun): Term that can refer to an individual turd or a bloated belly after eating too much.
G
Gotta Go
Meaning:
- (Verb): What you say when you need to use the bathroom. This does not in itself describe the act of pooping, but you use it to indicate you have to poop.
- Example: “Before we leave, I gotta go to the bathroom quick.”
Grease the Bowl
Meaning:
- (Expression): Phrase that describes pooping.
Grow a Tail
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another phrase that describes pooping. An alternative way to say this one is “grow a monkey tail.”
Guano
Meaning:
- (Noun): A word for poop that usually refers to excrement from birds and bats.
- Example: “Did you know that brand of makeup contains guano?”
H
Head to the John
Meaning:
- (Expression): This one is similar to gotta go. It means you need to use the bathroom, not that you are actively defecating.
Hershey Squirt
Meaning:
- (Noun): Creative way of referring to diarrhea.
- Example: “She’s got the Hershey squirts, so she took the day off work.”
L
Launch a Butt Shuttle
Meaning:
- (Expression): The act of defecating.
Launch an Anal Rocket
Meaning:
- (Expression): Alternative version of saying “launching a butt shuttle.”
Lay a Brick
Meaning:
- (Expression): Euphemism for using the restroom.
Lay a Cable
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another way of saying “lay a brick.”
Let the Dogs Out
Meaning:
- (Expression): A saying that refers to the act of pooping.
Liquidate Assets
Meaning:
- (Expression): Going to the bathroom.
Log
Meaning:
- (Noun): piece of poop.
Log an Entry
Meaning:
- (Expression): A business-oriented way of saying you need to use the restroom.
Log Out
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another businessy method of referring to defecation.
Loose the Turtles
Meaning:
- (Expression): A rare euphemism for going to the bathroom.
M
Make a Deposit
Meaning:
- (Expression): A good euphemism to use for pooping if you don’t want to be obvious about what you’re doing.
Make a Mud Pie
Meaning:
- (Expression): This is a more childish euphemism for using the bathroom.
Make a Sacrifice to the Porcelain Gods
Meaning:
- (Expression): A fun way to tell someone you’ve gone to the bathroom.
Make Room for Lunch
Meaning:
- (Expression): A euphemism for pooping. You can technically substitute it for any meal – it doesn’t have to be lunch.
Making an Offering on the Porcelain Throne
Meaning:
- (Expression): Alternative way of saying making a sacrifice to the porcelain gods.
N
Natural Chocolate
Meaning:
- (Noun): A lesser-known joking term for poop.
Night Soil
Meaning:
- (Noun): Another rare word for poop.
Number Two
Meaning:
- (Noun): Childish phrase for poop. More commonly used by kids than by adults.
O
Open the Gates
Meaning:
- (Expression): Rare expression that refers to defecation
P
Park some Bark
Meaning:
- (Expression): Uncommon phrase that can be used to talk about going to the bathroom.
Pinch off a Loaf
Meaning:
- (Expression): This is probably one of the more popular ways of discussing defecation.
Pinch One Off
Meaning:
- (Expression): A variation on the phrase, “pinch off a loaf.”
Plant Corn
Meaning:
- (Expression): The act of pooping.
Poo Poo
Meaning:
- (Noun): Poop.
- Example: “Someone left poo poo on the floor!”
- (Verb): Childish method of saying you’re going to the bathroom.
- Example: “I need to go poo poo.”
Pop a Squat
Meaning:
- (Expression): Less common way of saying pooping. It can sometimes be used to say that you’re going to sit down, too.
Poseidon’s Kiss/Neptune’s Kiss
Meaning:
- (Noun): When toilet water splashes up against your butt while you’re pooping.
Prairie Dogging
Meaning:
- (Expression): When you have to poop so badly, it feels like it’s coming out even though you’re not on the toilet yet – like a prairie dog poking its head out.
Punish the Porcelain
Meaning:
- (Expression): Little-known way of saying you’re going to the bathroom.
R
Release the Chocolate Hostages
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another phrase that refers to pooping.
Release the Kraken
Meaning:
- (Expression): Fun nautical phrase that talks about pooping.
Release the Payload
Meaning:
- (Expression): The act of using the bathroom.
Relieve Oneself
Meaning:
- (Expression): A polite and classy way of referencing defecation.
- Example: “I just need a couple minutes to relieve myself, if you don’t mind.”
S
Scat
Meaning:
- (Noun): A word that refers to turds. This is typically applied to animal poop rather than human, just like droppings.
See a Man About a Dog
Meaning:
- (Expression): Old-fashioned saying that alludes to using the restroom.
Send a Fax
Meaning:
- (Expression): Business-themed saying that references pooping.
Sewer Missile
Meaning:
- (Noun): A turd.
Shart
Meaning:
- (Verb): When one farts and accidentally poops a little at the same time.
- Example: “Crap…I just sharted, let me go clean up a bit.”
- (Noun): A fart that’s tinged with poop.
- Example: “He let out an unfortunate and messy shart.”
Shit
Meaning:
- (Verb): Vulgar curse word that means to poop.
- Example: “I have to shit first.”
- (Noun): You can also use this word to talk about a turd.
- Example: “It smells like shit in here.”
Sit on the Porcelain Throne
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another phrase that means pooping.
Soft Serve
Meaning:
- (Noun): Softer poop that looks like soft serve ice cream.
Soil Oneself
Meaning:
- (Verb): When someone accidentally poops in their pants.
- Example: “Ew, he just soiled himself!”
Spackle the Thunder Jug
Meaning:
- (Expression): Euphemism for pooping.
Stock the Lake with Brown Trout
Meaning:
- (Expression): The perfect pooping saying for you if you’re into fishing.
Stool
Meaning:
- (Noun): More formal word for a piece of poop. You’ll hear this one a lot at the doctor’s office.
T
Take a Dump
Meaning:
- (Expression): Crude phrase that means you are pooping.
Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl
Meaning:
- (Expression): Fun saying that references pooping and, of course, football.
Read Also: Slang Words for Butt
Taking the Hobbits to Isengard
Meaning:
- (Expression): A recent and nerdy phrase that refers to the act of pooping.
The Runs
Meaning:
- (Noun): Diarrhea or particularly liquid stool.
Toilet Treasure
Meaning:
- (Noun): A piece or pile of poop.
Trophy
Meaning:
- (Noun): A large pile of droppings.
Turd
Meaning:
- (Noun): Small nugget of poop.
U
Unloose the Caboose
Meaning:
- (Expression): Slang phrase that means using the bathroom.
Upper Decker
Meaning:
- (Noun): When someone poops in the tank of a toilet rather than the bowl. Usually done as a crude prank.
Use the Big, White Telephone
Meaning:
- (Expression): Another phrase for pooping.
W
Write a Letter to the Pope
Meaning:
- (Expression): An old-fashioned way of saying you’re pooping.
Wrap Up
As you can see, there are many, many ways of saying you need to take a trip to the bathroom. While we don’t necessarily recommend getting graphic (especially depending on who you’re speaking with), feel free to have a sense of humor and use one of these phrases.
Are there any we missed? Leave a comment below to share some other euphemisms you’ve heard for toilet time.
