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poop water

poop water noun: reclaimed wastewater.

Noun

poop water (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, proscribed, sometimes) Reclaimed wastewater.
    • Many residents of the nearby town oppose the use of reclaimed wastewater in their tap water supply; they react with disgust at consuming "poop water."
    • At the other end of the spectrum from raw water is "poop water" — sewage effluent that has been transformed back into safe drinking water.2018, Tonkon Torp LLP, “Trends in Drinking Water: Part Two – Poop Water”, in Ear to the Ground Blog
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) Water contaminated with feces; unreclaimed wastewater.
    • When the sewage pipes burst, the underground parking garage was flooded with poop water.
    • There were 3 other kids 5-8 years old in the poop water too.2018, smithlevenson, “Poop in Hot Tub”, in Trouble Free Pool
  3. (colloquial) diarrhea
    • I took my dog to the vet because he had poop water.
    • She eats and and ^([sic]) within 15 minutes shoots pure poop water out.2024, HClower, “Eat, Poop pure water within 15 minutes, repeat. PLEASE HELP!”, in Sphynx Lair
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) A beverage perceived as being of unsatisfactorily poor quality and taste.
    • The cheap soda is nothing but poop water.
    • A lot of why I drink the coffee is I just like having something warm to drink…and decaf coffee tastes like poop water.2010, system, AnalystForum

Examples of poop water in a sentence

  • Needless to say, the difference between bottled water and poop water was undetectable.2019, Deeksha Bathini, “Looking for life, destroying life: Turning poop into water”, in The Tufts Daily:
  • The technology to clean “poop water” took less energy, was a simpler process, and was cheaper, Williams said.2022, Jean Yamamura, “‘Poop Water’ Floated as Solution to Santa Barbara County’s Water Woes”, in Santa Barbara Independent:
  • POOP WATER: The study tested more than 260 beaches in Florida and found 180 of them had at least one unsafe beach day in 2018.2019, Fox 13 News - Tampa Bay, “Study: Hernando Co. beaches lead state in percentage of potentially dangerous swimming days”, in Facebook:
  • Last year, she said she had “poop water” in her bathtub for two to three days.2024, Erika Erickson, “Residents decry unsafe conditions as ‘poop water,’ power outages persist at Jeffersonian Apartments”, in WDIV-TV:

Origin of poop water

From poop + water.

Questions about poop water

What does poop water mean?
Poop water means reclaimed wastewater.
How do you use poop water in a sentence?
Needless to say, the difference between bottled water and poop water was undetectable.
What part of speech is poop water?
Poop water is a noun.

Words near poop water in the dictionary

  1. poop scoops
  2. poop shoot
  3. poop stoop
  4. poop stoops
  5. poop tube
  6. poop water
  7. poopbag
  8. poopbags
  9. poopdeck
  10. poopdecks
  11. pooped

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