Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

does a bear shit in the woods

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
does a bear shit in the -woods
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Colloquial

Etymology

First attested in print in the 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)

Usage

Inflected Forms

do bears shit in the woods? (alternative) does the bear shit in the woods? (alternative)

Phrases

does the Pope shit in the woods?

Synonyms

affirmative does a bear crap in the woods? does a bear poop in the woods? do fish swim? fork found in kitchen is snow white? is the Pope a Catholic? is the Pope Catholic? is the sky blue? is water wet? yes

Antonyms

is the Pope Jewish?

Questions

What does does a bear shit in the woods mean?
A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
Where does does a bear shit in the woods come from?
First attested in print in the 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)

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