poop factory

English

Etymology

From the view that the subject (a baby or animal) does nothing but digest food and produce waste.

Pronunciation

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Noun

poop factory (plural poop factories)

1. (idiomatic, derogatory or humorous) An infant.
   • 2010, Barbra Monroe Goggin, Lessons from Joshua: God Whispers Through Autism, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 11:

     She didn't feel pushed aside because the colic-stricken poop factory needed to be changed and burped again.

2. (idiomatic, derogatory or humorous) An animal whose defecation inconveniences humans.
   • 2004 April 11, Janice Willard, “Giving pets as Easter gifts is bad idea”, in Lawrence Journal-World:

     Ducklings and chicks grow at a phenomenal rate, consuming a huge amount of food. And what goes in, must come out. […] They are pecking, peeping poop factories.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• poop machine
• shit factory (vulgar)
• (infant): see also Thesaurus:baby.