Did they all dump over the sides before they had toilets or something?
"They" know who they are.
2007-01-20 14:33:49 · 12 answers · asked by ........ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
when i irst arrived at this planet i allowed my babies to feed on sailors on a roman ship they vommited all over the deck from the horrible humans and it looked similair to poop.
2007-01-20 15:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by hello 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "poop" deck on a sailing ship is the aftmost deck at the ship's stern, and takes its name directly from the Latin "puppis," meaning "stern."
The origin of "poop" meaning inside information is, unfortunately, unknown, making it difficult to establish a linkage to the "poop deck" of a ship. That this "information" sense only appeared in print in the 1940's, long after the age of sail, would tend to argue strongly against such a link.
2007-01-20 22:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by Marvelissa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, this term does not come from sailors hanging off the stern of the ship, relieving themselves. Rather, it is from the Latin puppis meaning stern. So the poop deck is the aft deck of a ship.
2007-01-20 22:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ole Charlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the latin word puppis. Meaning the stern deck. There is also a constilation by that name. Puppis the Poop in close proimity to Velis the Vail
2007-01-20 22:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name originates from the Latin puppis, or the elevated stern deck. Puppis are also small dogs, who pooped all over the deck as well.
2007-01-20 22:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the poop deck is where information is exchanged. poop is information. sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt ( water tank) to get drinks and talk on the poop deck. Thats the poop
2007-01-20 22:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
poop deck, weather deck, shelter deck
usage: an exposed partial weather deck on the stern superstructure of a ship
2007-01-20 22:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by David L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name originates from the Latin puppis, or the elevated stern deck.
2007-01-20 22:37:04 · answer #8 · answered by Stumped 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Those who say the highest or most forward are correct from what I know. The fact that the sea birds *rap there is poetic justice!
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-01-20 23:05:19 · answer #9 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you think those sailors had to swab the deck all the time?
2007-01-20 22:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋