Words similar to excretory
Example sentences for: excretory
How can you use “excretory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
"sexual or excretory activities or organs."
The CDA, as most people reading this probably know, attempts to regulate content through criminal penalties for those who violate standards of decency (standards drawn so broadly that they might prohibit, for instance, David Sedaris' "Diary" from last week) with "any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other communication that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs."
Drosophila such clock functions have been demonstrated in antennae, wings, legs, a neuro-humoral gland, and internal excretory structures [ 6 10 11 ] . But it is unknown whether time-keeping mechanisms are identical wherever clocks are found within an animal.
Many profanities might be considered "patently offensive" descriptions of "sexual or excretory activities or organs," especially under the standards of some conservative communities.
For hack screenwriters, sexually based words have become a kind of shorthand to represent insult or anger, while rectal/ excretory words more generally are used to get an easy laugh.