toilet humour

Crude bodily comedy

Toilet humour is comedy centered on bodily functions—defecation, urination, flatulence, and related subjects.

The appeal is childish and unsophisticated, which is precisely the point: The movie relied heavily on toilet humour and pratfalls.

Also spelled toilet humor.

Related

joke · flatulence · vulgarity · taboo-breaking · immaturity · childishness · offensive · locker room talk · crudeness · grotesque · feces · prank · outrageous · euphemisms · urination · provocative · constipation · gross out

Opposites
sophistication/refinement

toilet humourdry wit

Understated, ironic humor

comedy of manners · bon mot · wordplay · clever wordplay · satire

subject matter propriety

toilet humourclean comedy

Humor without vulgarity

comedic mechanism

toilet humourwit

Clever, inventive humor

satire · irony · observational comedy · surreal comedy · puns

Family

toilet, toilets, toileting, toiletry, toiletries, humour, humours, humoured, humouring

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG