Classes are up in Term 2, so I’m sure that quite a few of you are wondering just what the “Poop Deck” is.

First of all, it has nothing to do with poop. Honestly. The poop deck is a sort of small cabin that is located in the back of the ship. Poop comes from the Latin word “puppis”, which means stern (that’s the nautical term for the back of the boat).

And there you go. You just learned what a poop deck is.

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