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does a bear shit in the woods en · X

Pronunciation

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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)

Meanings

1. (colloquial, mildly, rhetoric, vulgar) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Forms

Antonyms

is the Pope Jewish?

Deriveds

does the Pope shit in the woods?

Synonyms

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

Translations (7)

fi paskooko karhu metsään? (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · fr non peut-être (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · nl schijt een beer in het bos? (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · es blanca y en botella, leche (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · nl is de paus katholiek? (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · pl pytasz dzika, czy sra w lesie? (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question) · it tu che dici? (emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question)