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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

“All ya’ll who be sending shit around the internet, promoting and listening to what they’re saying, all of ya’ll supporting this,” Henley said in one video, referring to accusations that have been made against him.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

Some were still wearing the same old shit.

From New York Times May 22, 2023

“He would sit in meetings and eat in front of people,” one former DeSantis staffer told the Daily Beast, “always like a starving animal who has never eaten before … getting shit everywhere.”

From Slate Mar. 18, 2023

I don’t know about you, but that’s inviting bird shit, and who wants bird shit?

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

“We’ll have more in common, a lifetime of memories. Remember when the baby threw up, remember when the dog ate the shoe, remember when the cat shat in your closet?”

From The Guardian Feb. 14, 2016

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

Downtown had turned to chaos—people walking everywhere, cars trying to creep through the packed streets, police horses shitting on the sidewalk.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2023

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

From BBC Jun. 8, 2021

“It’s barbaric not to give people that medication, because you’re basically vomiting and shitting yourself for six days,” he said.

From The Guardian Apr. 23, 2019

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

From Slate Mar. 16, 2018

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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