noun
1. The inability to produce a successful bowel movement due to a a variety of reasons such as: unfamiliar public toilets (India hole in the ground style) and close confines of economy Caribbean cruises cabins.
While traveling by train through India, I noticed that the bathroom situation consisted of a hole in the floor in the bathroom, I was poopie scared until we reached New Delhi.
When you cannot go in a public restroom because you do not feel comfortable.
I get poopy scared at work. I must wait until I get home.