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does a bear shit in the woods

does a bear shit in the woods phrase: a rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Phrase

does a bear shit in the woods?

  1. (colloquial, mildly, rhetoric, vulgar) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
    Synonyms:
    affirmative, does a bear crap in the woods?, does a bear poop in the woods?, do fish swim?, fork found in kitchen, is snow white?, is the Pope a Catholic?, is the Pope Catholic?, is the sky blue?, is water wet?

Synonyms of does a bear shit in the woods

  • affirmative
  • does a bear crap in the woods?
  • does a bear poop in the woods?
  • do fish swim?
  • fork found in kitchen
  • is snow white?
  • is the Pope a Catholic?
  • is the Pope Catholic?
  • is the sky blue?
  • is water wet?
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Antonyms

  • is the Pope Jewish?

Forms of does a bear shit in the woods

alternative formdo bears shit in the woods?
alternative formdoes the bear shit in the woods?

Origin of does a bear shit in the woods

First attested in print in the 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)

Words formed from does a bear shit in the woods

  • does the Pope shit in the woods?

Questions about does a bear shit in the woods

What does does a bear shit in the woods mean?
Does a bear shit in the woods means a rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
What part of speech is does a bear shit in the woods?
Does a bear shit in the woods is a phrase.

Words near does a bear shit in the woods in the dictionary

  1. doership
  2. doerships
  3. does
  4. does a bear crap in the woods
  5. does a bear poop in the woods
  6. does a bear shit in the woods
  7. does a bit of stiff
  8. does a Bradbury
  9. does a bunk
  10. does a flit
  11. does a land-office business

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