does a bear shit in the woods

phrase

A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

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affirmativedoes a bear crap in the woods?does a bear poop in the woods?do fish swim?fork found in kitchenis snow white?is the Pope a Catholic?is the Pope Catholic?
Opposite
is the Pope Jewish?
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Meanings

phrasedoes a bear shit in the woods?

alternative do bears shit in the woods? · alternative does the bear shit in the woods?

  1. colloquialmildlyrhetoricvulgarA rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

    Ross Geller: You hungry? Joey Tribbiani: Does a bear shit in the woods?

    2001 March 15, “The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress”, in Friends, season 7, episode 17 (DVD), spoken by Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), published 6 April 2004

    Synonyms: affirmative, does a bear crap in the woods?, does a bear poop in the woods?, do fish swim?, fork found in kitchen, is snow white?, is the Pope a Catholic?, is the Pope Catholic?

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseA rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Similar
affirmativedoes a bear crap in the woods?does a bear poop in the woods?do fish swim?fork found in kitchenis snow white?is the Pope a Catholic?is the Pope Catholic?is the sky blue?is water wet?yes
Opposite
is the Pope Jewish?
Also see
is a bear catholicwhy is the ocean near the shore

Origin

First attested in print in the 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)

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Translations

Dutch schijt een beer in het bos?, is de paus katholiek?
  • schijt een beer in het bos?emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
  • is de paus katholiek?emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
Finnish paskooko karhu metsään?
  • paskooko karhu metsään?emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
French non peut-être
  • non peut-êtreemphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
Italian tu che dici
  • tu che diciemphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
Polish pytasz dzika, czy sra w lesie?
  • pytasz dzika, czy sra w lesie?emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
Spanish blanca y en botella, leche
  • blanca y en botella, lecheemphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question
Cite this entry
APA

does a bear shit in the woods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/does%20a%20bear%20shit%20in%20the%20woods

MLA

“does a bear shit in the woods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/does%20a%20bear%20shit%20in%20the%20woods. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “does a bear shit in the woods,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/does%20a%20bear%20shit%20in%20the%20woods.

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