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Mar 11, 2021 02:48
3 yrs ago
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English term

roo eggs

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters roo eggs
- We have Kangaroo poo.
- They are not Kangaroo poo. They're roo eggs.


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Responses
4 +1 Dark Chocolate (egg shaped)

Discussion

S.J (asker) Mar 12, 2021:
Thank you all. It seems that the speaker is trying to make it nicer, since they are on TV.
Yvonne Gallagher Mar 11, 2021:
@ Asker agree with Hilary and Tony that the poo looks like "eggs" hence "roo eggs"
Tony M Mar 11, 2021:
@ Asker Yes, I think the person who believes they are 'eggs' (possibly a child?) is either intentionally or innocently euphemising them as 'eggs', in the same way people sometimes humorously refer to rabbit droppings as 'currants'
Hilary McGrath Mar 11, 2021:
Could it be that the poo is in the shape of an egg so they mistakenly believe that it's a kangaroo egg (it sounds like a child who might think that roos do lay eggs)?
David Hollywood Mar 11, 2021:
more context needed for sure
S.J (asker) Mar 11, 2021:
Thank you.
Catharine Cellier-Smart Mar 11, 2021:
Roo = kangaroo "Roo" is an Australian shortening of the word "kangaroo".
See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roo#Etymology_2
However obviously kangaroos don't lay eggs, so that can only be explained by your context ;-)

Responses

+1
9 hrs

Dark Chocolate (egg shaped)

Peer comment(s):
agree Brent Sørensen
2 hrs
Vielen Dank
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