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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: pooh used when you smell a bad smell

poo

 noun
     
poo informal
1 [uncountable and countable] solid waste from the bowels [= poop American English]
2 [countable usually singular] the act of passing waste from the bowels [= poop American English]
—poo verb [intransitive and transitive] informal
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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