Feces

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[[File:Trip thinks about poop.jpg|thumb|Commander Tucker thinking about the "poop question"]]
[[File:Ford truck, overview.jpg|thumb|A [[1937]] [[Ford truck]] with manure residue in the box]]
'''Feces''' (also known as '''poo''', '''poop''', '''droppings''', or '''manure''') is the product expelled from a being's [[digestive system|digestive tract]], consisting of bodily wastes.

In advanced [[civilization]]s, bodily waste was deposited in a [[toilet]] sent to the [[waste extraction system]], where, after various processes, it would be [[recycling|recycled]] through [[bio-matter resequencer|biomatter resequencing]]. For infants, feces was often collected in a [[diaper]].

According to [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]] in [[2151]], [[Altarian marsupial]] droppings contained the greatest concentration of [[regenerative enzyme]]s found anywhere. [[Jonathan Archer]] found the idea of using droppings for regenerative purposes quite unusual when informed. However, Phlox reminded him that, if he was going to try to embrace new worlds, he must also try to embrace new ideas. ({{ENT|Broken Bow}})

The [[Novan]] [[Jamin]] used the [[word|verbal]] expression "[[digger]] filth" when he wanted to say that Captain Archer was not telling the [[truth]]. ({{ENT|Terra Nova}})

When Miss {{dis|Malvin|22nd century}}'s [[fourth grade]] class from [[Worley Elementary School]] in [[County Kerry]], [[Ireland]] sent [[letter]]s to {{EnterpriseNX}} later that year, [[Molly McCook]] wanted to know "''When you flush the toilet, where does it go?''" After {{Captain}} Archer passed the question to [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Tucker]], he responded with: "''A ''poop'' question, sir?!''" ({{ENT|Breaking the Ice}})

While raising [[Sim]], in [[2153]], Dr. Phlox found a use for the infant's bodily waste, noting that he may have stumbled across an effective [[fertilizer]] for his [[Orsic fern]]. ({{ENT|Similitude}})

Bodily waste collected and used for [[agriculture|agricultural]] purposes in the form of [[fertilizer]], typically called manure, consists of high levels of [[methane]]. [[Kathryn Janeway]] recognized this upon detecting methane on a [[truck]] found in [[2371]]. ({{VOY|The 37's}})

Some use the term "manure" as a metaphor for purposes of making a derogatory comment. The [[Species 8472]] recreation of {{dis|Boothby|Species 8472}} once referred to the [[Federation]]'s concepts of "tolerance for all species" and the [[Prime Directive]] as "[[Targ]] manure." ({{VOY|In the Flesh}}) Similarly, the [[slang]] terms "shit" and "bullshit" were [[colorful metaphor]]s which referred to the manure in general and that produced by a [[bull]], respectively. The cursing "''Merde''" (meaning "shit") was also used in [[French]] language. ({{TNG|The Last Outpost|Elementary, Dear Data}}, {{film|7}}; {{film|8}}; {{film|11}})

Another similar term, in the [[English language]], was "crap." ''In [[2263]] of the [[alternate reality]], Dr. {{alt|Leonard McCoy}} told his friend and [[commanding officer]] {{alt|James T. Kirk}}, who had just returned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701 alternate reality}} following a disastrous [[away mission]] to the planet [[Teenax]], that he looked "like crap," a comment Kirk [[sarcasm|sarcastically]] thanked him for.'' ({{film|13}})

[[Doctor]] [[Hugh Culber]]'s name rhymed with "poo", a fact pointed out by [[Jett Reno]] while he treated her for a [[hangnail]]. ({{DIS|Through the Valley of Shadows}})

In addition to metaphoric usages, the idiomatic usage of the term "poop", as in "[[party]] pooper", refers to someone that is a killjoy. In [[2372]], the [[Little Woman]] referred to [[the Clown]] as a poop because he started feeling sorry for himself. ({{VOY|The Thaw}}) While investigating a [[proto-nebula]] in [[2375]], [[The Doctor]] made an offhand comment about the [[Borg]] being the "[[party pooper]]s of [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]]", after [[Seven of Nine]] discouraged his attempt to use his [[holo-imager|holo-imaging device]], and subsequently offered to begin a new social exercise with Seven to develop her ''[[French language|joie de vivre]]''. ({{VOY|Drone}})

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