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shit

[shit] / ʃɪt /
NOUN
unspecified things, stuff
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK




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“We’re gonna look at shipping tractor trailers full of that shit in here,” he said.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

Rather than destroy a public institution because it’s become a hassle in various ways, sell it to someone who gives a shit.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2026

Some were still wearing the same old shit.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2023

“Looking for Bigfoot means digging through a lot of shit, figurative and literal,” Squash once told Scientific American.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2023

I scoot closer to him and scroll down to my first wave of photos, self-conscious about my dirty fingernail for half a second before no longer giving a shit.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

I tell her it’s common to get the shits for the first six weeks.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2018

You’d be surprised how much a giant space crab shits.

From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2018

McCartney’s men’s line included preppy polo shits and V-neck sweaters matched with patterned overcoats and relaxed track pants or jeans.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2018

This has been well covered in every piece of Dylan hagiography out there, and is certainly one of the clearest examples of him giving zero shits about what people want and expect from him.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2014

Those afflicted by the pale mare were always thirsty, drinking gallons between their shits.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Washington will play in the Wooden Legacy, a four-team preseason tournament on Nov. 24 and 25 in Anaheim, Calif. shat includes Saint Mary’s, Vanderbilt and Fresno State.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

I loved him more than I ever thought I could love a person who shat into my hand while screaming at me.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2018

My question to him was, “How do you know that these were pieces of human faeces and not humans that were eaten by American lions and then shat out in the caves?”

From National Geographic ● Jun. 9, 2018

Bringing a pet pig to London and watching as it shat on the steps of the Albert Memorial.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2014

Their two turkeys were sitting on the ground under the roosting chickens, getting shat upon as they snoozed.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"I went in and said 'guys, I've just seen Brazil holding hands. They're shitting themselves!'"

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2021

“Now I can eat what I grow. Before, I could not. There were lots of flies on the sweetcorn, because there were so many people shitting just next to the field.”

From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2019

“Eh, why bother? It’s not like she’ll be shitting in her pants at high-school graduation.”

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2018

Though it’s winter, he’s wearing a light blue tee-shirt of a unicorn shitting a rainbow and is slightly sweaty.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2017

Scurrying hurrying buying selling luggage trundling porter paying children shitting people spitting coming going begging bargaining reservation-checking.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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