Hmm. Lava comes from Magma. M is just after L.
Using that logic, a Fart comes from Gagma, which some people truly can eject.
Like a vulcano, it's either dormant, active or erupting. So dormant is no gas, active is gas, erupting is letting the gas out, ie. farting
When used as a noun a fart refers to "an expulsion of intestinal gas^1^" or "An emission of wind from the anus; an instance of breaking wind^2^". So, I would say no it is not because it is defined as leaving the body. While in the body it is flatus which is gas in or from the stomach or intestines.
^2^ OED
Is a fart the gas itself, or the passing of the gas? The definition says it is the passing of the gas. Therefore, a fart isn't a fart until it's been farted. Before that, it's just gas in the ass.
Not really a debate there, geologists pretty universally agree that magma becomes lava once exposed to air
It’s in a superposition of fart and shart until released at which point the wave form collapses into either a gaseous or liquid state.
As a professional Fartographer, I can confirm this is the correct answer. Sometimes you're feeling confident that you're hanging out with a fart, but then it comes out to you as poop.
Then you have to tell it, "look, I still appreciate you as something I created, but I can't support your choice of being poop." And then you tell it that it has until the weekend to get out of your pants.
You can't study it directly without bringing it out into the world and measuring it, but by doing so, it immediately collapses into a fart.
A fart is only a fart when it exits your body. Before that, it's gas. Exiting transforms it to a fart.
A fart is an ephemeral, gaseous configuration of molecules as they pass through a specific orifice in a specific direction. In short, a fart is not the gas itself.
It's a quantum superposition of being both a fart and a number 2. You never know until you observe the results.
There is a time, a very early time, when it has not found it's way yet. Then it can become either a fart or a belch.
I don't want to stray from OP's question, but as it's already been answered: have you guys read the following paper on pre-fart gas re-entering the blood stream through the colon's wall?
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a35388068/holding-in-farts-what-happens-body/
This is a very important topic
Here's a link directly to the video transcript from what if: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-you-held-in-all-your-farts/
You had it right the first time: it’s the difference between lava and magma— however I was speaking of a third, transitional disposition to which I thought you were referring… as it travels between the cheeks… when it comes to magma, that’s still considered magma.