Definition of "turd" []

• Vulgar A piece of excrement. (noun)
• Slang Vulgar A contemptible person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere."
• "I slave away at a sentance or paragraph for an hour polishing a turd till it reaches mirror status, but my lack of confidence (probably fully justified) makes me sure that the turd is and will always be a turd."
• "The kind that think that are convinced that a turd is art if and only if the one selling it as art had a degree in arts."