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scrotology
 n.— «He takes a dim view of the film’s “scatology and scrotology”-based humor, saying that it’s not that Apatow’s characters “have to talk dirty; it’s their only lexicon.”» —“Peter Bart: Variety’s closet film critic” by Patrick Goldstein Los Angeles Times: The Big Picture July 23, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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