COPROLOGY

PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PROL-uh-jee)

MEANING: noun:
1. The scientific study of excrement.
2. Pornographic material.
3. Language, literature, or art dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kopro- (dung) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1856.
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COPOLOGY - the study of members of a unifomed municipal police force

CORPOLOGY - the study of commercial organizations of one particuar kind

COMPROLOGY - the study of free tickets