different between poopy vs roopy

English

Alternative forms

• poopie (noun only)

Etymology

• (noun) baby talk variant of poop (excrement).
• (adjective) Originated 1957, perhaps by shortening nincompoop or as a euphemism for shitty; see poop.

Pronunciation

Adjective

poopy (comparative more poopy, superlative most poopy)

1. (slang) depressed, weak, or worthless.
2. (informal, slang) Dirty with feces.

Noun

poopy (countable and uncountable, plural poopies)

1. (slang, childish) excrement.

References

• "poopy" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.

English

Alternative forms

• roupy (Scotland)

Etymology

From roop (“a shout”) +? -y.

Adjective

roopy (comparative roopier or more roopy, superlative roopiest or most roopy)

1. Hoarse.
   • 1863, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:

     But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.

   • 1934, P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves:

     It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy. If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.

Related terms

• roop