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Gardyloo means “watch out for poo!”

  • May 12, 2017
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Gardyloo means “watch out for poo!”

“Gardyloo” was used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when people threw waste from the windows into the streets in Victorian times.

It is from the French: garde à l’eau! (watch out for the water!)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/top-10-funny-sounding-and-interesting-words/gardyloo

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