Caca In ancient Roman religion and myth, Caca is the sister of Cacus, the son of Vulcan who stole cattle from Hercules during the course of his western labors. Caca betrays her brother by revealing the location of the cattle to
Hercules, who had in turn stolen the cattle from Geryon. According to Lactantius and Servius, she was cultivated as a deity in recognition of her service to the demigod. In his conceptual approach to Roman deity, Michael Lipka gives Cacus/Caca as one of the examples of divine pairs differentiated by gender but bound by kinship, as Libera was the sister of Liber and Fauna the daughter, sister, or wife of Faunus. Lipka suggests that these deities did not come into existence as pairs, but developed
to provide complementary gender balance within their sphere of influence, in this case cattle-raising. Despite the lateness of the only ancient sources that mention her, Caca is probably an older Roman goddess. Servius says she had a sacellum, probably located in Rome, where sacrifices were made to her through the agency of the Vestals. She has thus been seen as a sort of "proto-Vesta", a fire goddess sharing in her brother's Vulcan-inherited capacity for fire-breathing.Freebase(5.00 / 1
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The numerical value of caca in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of caca in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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What does caca mean?
Caca is a baby talk or slang way of saying poop.
Since talking about feces (poop) is often seen as taboo (prohibited as improper), there are a lot of euphemisms (mild substitutes) for it. Caca is often used by young children, especially because it is easy to say. But adults also use the word as a slang term or to be humorous.
Example: The little girl told her mom that she had caca in her diaper.
Where does caca come from?
The truth is that we don’t know where caca comes from. It is first recorded in English in the late 1800s, but its specific language of origin is uncertain. Caca and very similar words mean poop in several languages, and there is speculation that the term originates from a Spanish-speaking country, but this has not been confirmed.
Caca is usually used by young children, who can say it more easily than poop because it is the same syllable repeated twice, just like ma-ma and da-da. This is an example of reduplication, which is common in baby talk. The same thing can be seen in other baby talk words for poop, such as poo-poo and doo-doo.
But caca isn’t just for kids. Adults use it when speaking with young children about going to the bathroom. But they also use it as a slang term for poop (usually to be funny) or to refer to something they consider bad or poor quality.
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How is caca used in real life?
When young children use caca, it is almost always to refer to poop. When adults use it, they are often being playful or using it as a slang word or a replacement for harsher profanity.
Literally changed Hope's diaper and not two seconds later explosion happened…..
That whole chart about babies only having 3 diapers on the third day is a big load of Caca. Pun intended. pic.twitter.com/joFrZCyH3S— Mrs Canadian Guy Eh (@Mrs_CGE) December 29, 2019
The majority of this year was straight up caca.
— Rickie (@Papricka__) December 27, 2019
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In which of the following situations would caca be appropriate to use?
A. A young child saying that she has to go to the bathroom
B. A scientific article about the functions of
the human colon
C. A health article discussing how to achieve regular bowel movements
How to use ca-ca in a sentence
Colitur et Caca, qu Herculi fecit indicium boum; divinitatem consecuta, quia perdidit fratrem.
Y pasonor mo ang loob mo. dito sa lupa parã sa lang̃it, bigyã mo cami ng̃aion nang amin caca nin.
Sometimes one can guess the meaning only by the context, as in the Martinique saying: Pè bef pè caca bef.
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From | To | Via |
• caca | → poo-poo | ↔ Aa |
• caca | → poop | ↔ caca |