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couric

couric is the alternative letter-case form of Couric.

Noun capitalized: Couric

Couric (plural Courics)

  1. (humorous) A unit of mass equal to approximately 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) that is used to measure the mass of fecal matter.
    • The official unit of measurement is a Couric, named for the CBS news anchor, as explained in the clip below.2008 March 28, Katherine Thomson, “"Couric" Coined The Unit Of Measurement For Excrement By "South Park"”, in HuffPost

Forms of couric

pluralcourics
pluralCourics
alternative formcouric

Origin of couric

Named after Katie Couric, and coined in the South Park episode “More Crap” in 2007.

Questions about couric

What does couric mean?
Couric means a unit of mass equal to approximately 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) that is used to measure the mass of fecal matter.
What is couric the alternative letter-case form of?
Couric is the alternative letter-case form of Couric.
What part of speech is couric?
Couric is a noun.
What is the plural of couric?
The plural of couric is courics.

Words near couric in the dictionary

  1. coureur de bois
  2. coureurs de bois
  3. courgette
  4. courgettes
  5. courgetti
  6. couric
  7. courics
  8. Couridjah
  9. courier
  10. courier bag
  11. courier bags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: couric (page history and authors); Couric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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