We tried to find the derivation of the expression “old fart” but were unsuccessful. We will have to assume that is has something to do with an older person’s propensity to let his flatulence fly without any regard for where he is when he is passing wind.
There are some reasons why the elderly would be more flatulent than their younger counterparts. Even if older folks are not actually producing more intestinal gas, loss of muscle tone occurs with the aging process and this includes the muscles around the anal sphincter. Therefore, an older person has less ability to hold gas in.
Other suitably ripe euphemisms for flatulence include:
- Cutting the cheese
- Sneezing in one’s pants
- Floating an air biscuit
- Doody burping
- Sphincter whistling
- Killing the canary
- Colon bowlin’
- The scented scream
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