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poop factory

idiom
Meaning

An infant.


Origin

disputed origin

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

Examples
SIMPLE

My new nephew is a little poop factory.

CONTEXTUAL

The new parents are exhausted because their little poop factory wakes up every two hours.

COMPLEX

Between the constant laundry and the lack of sleep, the couple found that life with a tiny poop factory was far more demanding than they had ever imagined.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    beat the poop out of

    To beat (someone) severely.

  2. 02

    get to the fireworks factory

    To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.

  3. 03

    poop in one's pants

    to become extremely frightened.

  4. 04

    poop machine

    An animal whose defecation inconveniences humans.

  5. 05

    poop oneself

    Synonym of soil oneself.

  6. 06

    send to the glue factory

    To kill, usually a horse.

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