turd
Piece of excrement
A turd is a piece of excrement, specifically a solid one: The dog left a turd on the sidewalk.
As an insult, turd describes a contemptible or worthless person: That little turd stole my lunch.
The word is vulgar but almost comically blunt—its Anglo-Saxon directness gives it a certain crude charm.
It appears in the phrase turd in the punchbowl, meaning something or someone that ruins an otherwise good situation: He was the turd in the punchbowl at every meeting.
Solid digestive waste
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- dungAnimal fecal matter
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
manure · poop · crap · bowel · defecation · guano · ordure · nightsoil
Vulgar insult, despicable person
- assholeCrude insult or anatomy
- douchebagContemptible, arrogant person
- jerkAbrupt pulling motion
- loserDefeated competitor
creep · scumbag · lowlife · sleazeball · dirtbag · schmuck · toerag · wastrel
Liquid refuse in drains
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- refuseReject or garbage
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- muckFilthy wet dirt
sludge · cesspool · septic · compost · fertilizer · biodegradable · decomposition · flush
feces
Solid digestive waste
scat · manure · poop · crap · bowel · defecation · guano · ordure · nightsoil · coprolite
shithead
Vulgar insult, despicable person
loser · creep · scumbag · lowlife · sleazeball · dirtbag · schmuck · toerag · wastrel · good-for-nothing
sewage
Liquid refuse in drains
muck · sludge · cesspool · septic · compost · fertilizer · biodegradable · decomposition · flush · toilet
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- grossTotal before subtractions
nasty · foul · stinky · putrid · revolting · yucky · icky · repugnant · vile · noisome
- polish a turdImprove the unsalvageable superficially
- polishing a turdImproving the fundamentally flawed
- polished a turdSuperficially improved something hopeless
- turd polishingImproving something beyond salvage
- turd burglarVulgar insult, scatological theft
- turd in the punchbowlSomeone ruining a celebration