does a bear shit in the woods
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in print in 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952),[1] and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)[2]
Pronunciation
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Phrase
[edit]does a bear shit in the woods?
- (colloquial, rhetorical question, mildly vulgar) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
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[edit]- does the Pope shit in the woods? - A combination of is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?
Translations
[edit]emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
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