as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
polite people do not discuss ordure in public
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Recent Examples of ordure
The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.
—Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
Even a seemingly natural savannah, the African grasslands in the Mara-Serengeti, has benefited from the healing powers of animal ordure, produced by the livestock of human herders thousands of years ago.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2018
My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
Poking at the ordure with a stick, Cipollone pointed out the beech mast and berries on which the bear had fed.
—Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
President Nicolás Manuro: Creating ordure out of chaos.
—Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
In gardens, the scent of frangipani carries on the damp breeze; in cities, that unmistakably Indian blend of ordure, asphalt and spice.
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure.
—Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.
—Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
Even a seemingly natural savannah, the African grasslands in the Mara-Serengeti, has benefited from the healing powers of animal ordure, produced by the livestock of human herders thousands of years ago.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2018
My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
Poking at the ordure with a stick, Cipollone pointed out the beech mast and berries on which the bear had fed.
—Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
President Nicolás Manuro: Creating ordure out of chaos.
—Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
In gardens, the scent of frangipani carries on the damp breeze; in cities, that unmistakably Indian blend of ordure, asphalt and spice.
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure.
—Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordure
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Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key Kremlin ally who allowed Russia to launch its invasion of Ukraine partially from Belarusian soil, is also in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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That would be decided later based on studies of possible locations, soil conditions, traffic, environmental constraints and other issues.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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The lingering fumes of attention and magical aura somehow still surround the oddball Rodgers like the cloud of dirt around Pig-Pen in the Peanuts comic strip.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Megan’s body was found on a narrow dirt path on March 15, 2003, in Wallkill, New York.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Ordure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordure. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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