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Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour
Off-color humor

The term off-color humor is an American English used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy and Sketch comedy that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor taste or overly vulgar by the prevailing Morality in a culture....
 dealing with defecation
Defecation

Defecation is the final act of digestion by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus....
, urination
Urination

Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, and, more rarely, emiction, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body....
, flatulence
Flatulence

Flatulence is the production of a mixture of gases in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals or other animals that are byproducts of the digestion process....
, vomiting
Vomiting

Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Undesired vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated intracranial pressure....
 and other bodily functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo
Taboo

A taboo is a strong social prohibition against words, objects, actions, or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, society, or community....
 in many cultures. This genre also sees substantial crossover with sexual humour, such as penis joke
Dick joke

In comedy, a dick joke is a joke that makes either an indirect or a direct reference to a human penis, also less commonly used as an umbrella term for dirty jokes....
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Toilet humour is most popular among children and teenagers, is often seen as a rejection of taboos, and is a part of modern culture.








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Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour
Off-color humor

The term off-color humor is an American English used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy and Sketch comedy that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor taste or overly vulgar by the prevailing Morality in a culture....
 dealing with defecation
Defecation

Defecation is the final act of digestion by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus....
, urination
Urination

Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, and, more rarely, emiction, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body....
, flatulence
Flatulence

Flatulence is the production of a mixture of gases in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals or other animals that are byproducts of the digestion process....
, vomiting
Vomiting

Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Undesired vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated intracranial pressure....
 and other bodily functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo
Taboo

A taboo is a strong social prohibition against words, objects, actions, or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, society, or community....
 in many cultures. This genre also sees substantial crossover with sexual humour, such as penis joke
Dick joke

In comedy, a dick joke is a joke that makes either an indirect or a direct reference to a human penis, also less commonly used as an umbrella term for dirty jokes....
s.

Toilet humour is most popular among children and teenagers, is often seen as a rejection of taboos, and is a part of modern culture.

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