In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or “aft”, part of the superstructure of a ship
Wait, there’s no poop involved on the poop deck? TIL
Not with that attitude, no.
I was already thinking about adding the nsfw tag
My understanding is you poop at the front of the boat.
Yup. The term ‘head’ as naval lingo for a bathroom derives from this as on old sailing ships the head of the ship above the bow is where the toilets are, so they could overhang the water.
Also any splatter would be washed off while sailing.
Thanks to a COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE misunderstanding, I am no longer allowed on Carnival cruises.
The name originates from the French word for stern, poupe, from Latin puppis. Thus the poop deck is technically a stern deck, which in sailing ships was usually elevated as the roof of the stern or “after” cabin, also known as the “poop cabin” (or simply the poop[2]).
the main purpose of the poop is adding buoyancy
That’s truly shit just works
