poop butt
n.— «Asked Monday, Beavers quickly denied there was anything misleading, saying “oh, hell no,” before calling Orr a “little poop butt.”
» —“He’s ‘a little poop butt’” by Steve Patterson Chicago Sun-Times July 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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