As our well-informed Readers surely know, there is a place in Iraq called Al Qaaqa, where immense quantities of Saddam's munitions used to be stored. Apparently, while the Anguilla Water Department was managing the invasion, the site wasn't secured and a lot of this stuff was trucked away. Our Chief Proofreader was struck by the name, and took down his trusty copy of Slang and Euphemism by Richard Spears, 2nd Ed. Memory served correctly, and Ca-ca, or Caca or Ka-ka were all listed, all with the same (and appropriate for Iraq) meaning. When the OO was growing up, proper mothers always used euphemisms for all bodily functions, and the most proper of them used euphemisms for the euphemisms, tending to confuse the toddlers. We judge from reliable sources that the word of choice is now "Poo" instead of "Qaaqa". This may or may not be important progress.

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