dookie

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 23, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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>> From: Arnold M. Zwicky [mailto:zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:45 PM
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>> Subject: Re: dookie
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>>   but HDAS glosses it as
>> 'excrement', which suggests a mass use (like the most common
>> uses of "shit") as well.  is this possible? things like,
>> "gross, there's dookie all over the floor"?
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> "Shit" can be a count noun, too.  "Take a shit" for example.
> (although "leave a shit" would, strictly speaking, be more accurate)
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I once saw the following graffito in a men's-room stall: "Other people
come here to take a shit. I came here to leave one."

-Wilson Gray