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Detriumph t1_jdnrcnz wrote

Reply to comment by Bonaduce80 in TIL: Lake Poopo completely dried up after the water level in Lake Titicaca could no longer support feeding into Poopo by Dotst

Caca is an old-timey word for shit in the southern U.S. as well.

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AwkwardSquirtles t1_jdo3kk0 wrote

Probably taken from the spaniards who live there.

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Detriumph t1_jdo3ut9 wrote

I just know my great grandma used to call it caca back in the 1980s. She was born in 1901 and she was a rather, uh, wild woman in her youth. No telling where she picked it up.

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mummoC t1_jdqaarl wrote

Or the French Cajuns, caca also means shit in French.

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LunarPayload t1_jds1nrv wrote

Comes from Arabic

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mummoC t1_jdstmgv wrote

Nope, "caca" in french comes frome the latin word "cacare" and i'm pretty sure the Spanish origin for it is the same (roman langages and all)

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