Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To defecate.
- v. To defecate in.
- v. To tease or try to deceive.
- n. Excrement.
- n. The act or an instance of defecating.
- n. Diarrhea. Used with the.
- n. Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable.
- n. A mean or contemptible person.
- n. A narcotic or intoxicant, such as marijuana or heroin.
- n. Things; items.
- n. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
- n. Insolent talk or behavior.
- n. Trouble or difficulty.
- n. A small or worthless amount: He doesn't know shit.
- interj. Used to express surprise, anger, or extreme displeasure.
- shit on To treat with malice or extreme disrespect.
- idiom. get (one's) shit together To get organized; put one's affairs or possessions in order.
- idiom. give a shit To care the least bit.
- idiom. no shit Used to express disbelief.
- idiom. no shit Used to express contemptuous acknowledgment of the obvious.
- idiom. bricks To become extremely worried or frightened.
- idiom. up shit creek (without a paddle) In dire circumstances with no hope of help.
- idiom. when the shit hits the fan When the situation goes awry; when trouble starts.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- n. countable, vulgar, colloquial, plural, definite (the shits) diarrhea.
- n. countable, vulgar An instance of defecation.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial Rubbish; worthless matter.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial Stuff, things.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial, definite (the shit) The best of its kind.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial Nonsense; bullshit.
- n. countable, vulgar, colloquial A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial (in negations) Anything.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial A problem or difficult situation.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial A strong rebuke.
- n. uncountable, vulgar, colloquial any recreational drug, usually cannabis.
- adj. vulgar, colloquial Of poor quality; worthless.
- adj. vulgar, colloquial Nasty; despicable.
- v. intransitive, vulgar, colloquial To defecate.
- v. transitive, vulgar, colloquial To excrete (something) through the anus.
- v. transitive, vulgar, colloquial To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- v. transitive, vulgar, colloquial, Australia To annoy.
- interj. vulgar Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
- interj. vulgar To show displeasure or surprise.
WordNet 3.0
- n. obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- v. have a bowel movement
- v. give away information about somebody
- n. obscene terms for feces
- n. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- n. something of little value
- n. a coarse term for defecation
- n. a small worthless amount
Etymologies
- Middle English shiten, from Old English scītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītanan (compare West Frisian skite, Dutch schijten, German scheißen), from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”). More at shed. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English shitten, probably from Old English -sciten (as in besciten, covered with excrement), past participle of *scītan, to defecate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Hell it was shit 10 years ago and it is shit+ extra stink now.”
“You've taken the term shit-faced to a whole new level!”
“So, up to this point we tried to fix it by using what I call shit-against-the-wall pharmacology, which means, well, let's just throw chemicals at it, and maybe it's going to make it work.”
“Motherhood rocks and stepping in shit is just one of the many benefits.”
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“Rapp heard the word shit followed by a heavy sigh.”
“Upon hearing Jehovahs name made audible, the evil azure demon jumped right out of the boys lap and ran down the aisle of the Kingdom Hall screaming the word shit repeatedly until he reached the heavy doors of the main exit.”
“But the word shit is okay for the man at work—he can say it like crazy:”
“Outside of school, Lish and fellow teacher Candido Santogrossi worked on a magazine called Chrysalis Review, which morphed into Chrysalis West and then into their own enterprise, Genesis West.38 The word shit in an early issue caught the interest of the Mills High principal.”
“The waitress frowned at the word shit and went to get them beers.”
“One of the first things schoolchildren in Texas learn is how to compose a simple declarative sentence without the word shit in it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shit’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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dirtie dirtie
words most foul
fuck, cunt, shit, hell, bloody, bloody hell, fuckhead, fucking, ass, asshole, fuck off, what fuck and 33 more...
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Stuffie: Dead
Stuff that's dead.
last, right, straight, reckoning, ahead, duck, heat, end, beat, walking, pool, grateful and 53 more...
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All in a huff
ptui, pfui, shit, crap, dang, damn, shoot, phooey, balls, what the hell?, nertz
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Everything Comes Down to Poo
poop, poo, feces, excrement, shit, crap, dung, droppings, guano, manure, waste, stool and 6 more...
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Vulgur ****
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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Junk
walrus, fascination, broadway, fickle, downturn, bridge, gargle, rotunda, mesh, fab, shortlife, strumming and 304 more...
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Words words words...
...not words...
RICKIEEEEEEEEEEEE..., +42AMERICA!!, purple, pantlessness advo..., shit
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George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words
George Carlin's list of Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.
"Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country...tits, motherfucker, cocksucker, cunt, fuck, piss, shit
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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jagosaurus's favorites
Words I like mostly because of the way they sound and feel.
ticonderoga, petulance, snark, estimable, chickahominy, feline, gezellig, gneiss, shit, willy-nilly, shelter, coda and 366 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for shit.

whichbe Yr Shit Stinks Oct 21, 2008
oroboros How about: Shit! Yeah, that's right, shit!
You can smoke shit, buy shit, sell shit, lose shit, find shit, forget shit, and tell others to eat shit.
Some people know their shit, while others can't tell the difference between shit and Shinola.
There are lucky shits, dumb shits, and crazy shits. There is bull shit, horse shit, and chicken shit.
You can throw shit, sling shit, catch shit, shoot the shit, or duck when the shit hits the fan.
You can give a shit or serve it on a shingle.
You can find yourself in deep shit or be happier than a pig in shit.
Some days are colder than shit, some days are hotter than shit, and some days are just plain shitty.
Some music sounds like shit, things can look like shit, and there are times when you feel like shit.
You can have too much shit, not enough shit, the right shit, the wrong shit or a lot of weird shit.
You can carry shit, face a mountain of shit, or find yourself up shit creek without a paddle.
Sometimes everything you touch turns to shit and other times you fall in a bucket of shit and come out smelling like a rose.
When you stop to consider all the facts, it's the basic building block of the English language. And remember, once you know your shit, you don't need to know anything else!!
Well, shit! that's enough for now. Have a nice day, without a bunch of shit. But, if you happen to catch a load of shit from some shit-head.....well,
Shit Happens!!!
--from some wag, somewhere. Oct 19, 2008
yarb ...learnt by heart in bits
to keep us sane whilst dealing with the shits
daily we've the misfortune to confront
(at work there's one particular such cunt,
Company Secretary, tick of ticks...
- Peter Reading, 65th, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981 Jun 29, 2008
john Acronym for the South Hanoi Institute of Technology. Dec 31, 2006