On 1/27/2011 12:44 PM harry spake thus:

On Jan 27, 3:53 pm, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

The ships poop deck actually has its origins in just what it sounds
like-- it was where you went to poop.

Naw. That was the "heads". Poop is from Latin I think. Or Froggish.

Yep. According to the dictionary (American Heritage here):

poop n. Nautical. 1. The stern superstructure of a ship. 2. The poop
deck. [Old French /poupe/, from Latin /puppis/.]

Got nothing whatever to do with poop as used today.


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Comment on quaint Usenet customs, from Usenet:

To me, the *plonk...* reminds me of the old man at the public hearing
who stands to make his point, then removes his hearing aid as a sign
that he is not going to hear any rebuttals.