Scatological (Adjective)
Meaning
Dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ancient humor in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was considered scatological for its explicit discussion of bodily waste and defecation.
- Critics dismissed the new film as little more than scatological comedy with toilet humor at its core.
- As an example of 16th-century satire, Rabelais's writings can be scatological but maintain intellectual substance and deep-rooted meanings.
- Fans often accused South Park creators of excessively scatological and racist themes within the cartoon's cutaway humor segments.
- Literary experts reinterpreted Boccaccio's infamous Divine Comedy section through both eroticism and a reflection of societal constraints seen through his characteristic use of the scatological humor genre.