Pooaboo
English
Part of Speech: | IPA (Approx.): /ˈpuːəˌbuː/
Katakana: プーアブー
“A person who becomes unusually or excessively obsessed with studying fecal matter.”
Definition 1:
A person who becomes unusually or excessively obsessed with studying fecal matter, often working in fields such as microbiology, gastroenterology, or nutrition research.
Quick Study Definition:
Someone obsessed with analyzing or researching fecal matter.
Example Sentence:
She started as a microbiologist, but after her third grant on gut bacteria, she turned into a total pooaboo.
Etymology:
- poo: informal term for feces
- -aboo: playful slang suffix indicating exaggerated fixation, patterned after weeaboo
Literal Meaning:
One who is fixated on fecal matter.
Related Terms:
- Weeaboo — Westerner obsessed with Japanese culture
- Koreaboo — non-Korean obsessed with Korean culture
- Coprology — the study of feces (formal)
- Microbiome research — scientific study of gut bacteria
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