shit! excl.
1. an excl. of fury, irritation, disappointment.
 | Actionable Offenses ‘Slim Hadley on a Racket’ (2007) [cylinder recording ENMS 30184] ‘Give me a little girl with big titties and a wide arse’ ‘All right. Maud! Maud!’ [In distance] ‘What?’ ‘Gentleman in the parlor’ ‘All right, I’ll be down in a minute [conjectural--voice indistinct]’ ‘Shit, every old cunt’s named Maude’. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Ulysses 705: I was coming for about 5 minutes with my legs round him I had to hug him after O Lord I wanted to shout out all sorts of things fuck or shit or anything at all. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Mint (1955) 162: Oh, shitty [...] he’s shit the bed. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | letter 28 Jan. in Sel. Correspondence of Burke and Cowley (1990) 134: Shit, Kenneth, since when have you become a furniture salesman. | |
| letter 31 Oct. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 311: God it would be fine to walk in and ask a few questions and then say ‘Shit, Sir I do believe you are mistaken!’. | |
| (con. 1917) ‘A Flier’s War’ in Longstreet Canvas Falcons (1970) 289: I prayed ohshitandpiss, if I get it now, give it to me a fast one right through my brain. | |
| (con. 1919) Nineteen Nineteen in USA (1966) 479: Turns out the sonofabitch was a dick. S––t I was scared pissless. | |
| Tropic of Cancer (1963) 107: Ah, well, shit! I’m going to talk a walk. | |
| (con. 1944) Naked and Dead 118: ‘Shit!’ Brown said. | |
| From Here to Eternity (1998) 859: ‘Shit!’ old Pete said disgustedly in a low voice. | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1964) 275: Shit [...] I’m always putting my foot in it. | |
| Horseman, Pass By (1997) 152: ‘Oh, snakeshit,’ Hud said. | |
| letter 26 May in Proud Highway (1997) 339: Great shit I was just stung on the neck by a bug twice the size of that beetle. | |
| ‘Not We Many’ in Black! (1996) 325: You think [...] you could get more’n a handful of people to throw ’way that hard work? Boy, shit! | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn 256: Shit. Almost 26 and whatave I got? | |
| Street Players 21: Shit, every time one of his broads gets busted, they take the weight themselves. | |
| Choirboys (1976) 23: Oh, lizard shit! | |
| Animal Factory 12: Shit! Give ’em a chance and all they’ll find of you is shoelaces and a belt-buckle. | |
| Picture Palace 53: ‘Shet,’ she said, ‘there’s a fat black old rat in there.’. | |
| Ladies’ Man (1985) 32: Shit on rye. | |
| Going After Cacciato (1980) 252: Sheeet [...] You hear that? | |
| (con. 1930s–50s) Janey Mack, Me Shirt is Black 134: ‘Shit and onions,’ said I. | |
| Christine 472: Shit on toast, there I go again. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | That Eye, The Sky 51: He’s good! Good! Crap! Turd! Shit! He’s good, you hear me? | |
![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies") | Dread Culture 135: Looking through the peephole she saw her social worker. ‘Shit,’ Heather hissed and opened the door. | |
| Mud Crab Boogie (2013) [ebook] Shit! I don’t believe it. | |
| Powder 26: Shit! Two sets! He hadn’t actually got around to telling the boys about that one, yet. | |
| Indianapolis Star (IN) 15 Apr. 73/2: After finding he couldn’t open his toy, his son blurted out, ‘Oh shit’. | |
| Baltimore Sun (MD) 7 May T11/1: What? I gotta walk away from my car [...] to my destination? Shit! | |
| Price You Pay 20: Thing is Jack people get crazy waiting for old folks to die. When you’re young you think shit: grandpa can’t hang on long past seventy. | |
| Secret Hours 111: But hell – no, shit – it wasn’t fair. It wasn’t fucking fair. | |
| (con. 1962) Enchanters 371: Eddie fumbled picks at the door lock. Shit — none of them fit. |
2. a general excl. of emphasis, usu. implying approval.
| Ulysses 705: I was coming for about 5 minutes with my legs round him I had to hug him after O Lord I wanted to shout out all sorts of things fuck or shit or anything at all. | |
| Tropic of Cancer (1963) 114: Shit, this is a good room isn’t it? | |
| (con. 1944) Naked and Dead 201: Shi-i-i-it, Ah like that little ole gal in Kansas better anyway. | |
| ‘Big Boy’ in Lover Man 52: ‘Sheeeit,’ Blue Juice said. | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn 12: Shit, thats the sharpest job on the road. | |
| Flesh and Blood (1978) 64: ‘Oh shit,’ Kirk says. ‘Oh sweet shit.’. | |
| Patriot Game (1985) 206: ‘Well, shit,’ he said. | |
| Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 207: ‘I mean, Scholar, shit it won’t be anything poncy’ . | |
| (con. 1986) Sweet Forever 75: Shit, drugs went hand in hand with rock, didn’t they? | |
| Guardian Rev. 23 July 3: I had occasionally responded to his tall stories with an admiring ‘Shit!’. | |
| Layer Cake 11: He’d givin it a large dose of the old ‘Shit, man, why didn’t you tell me you were an acquaintance of Mister Morty. I’m very, very sorry’. | |
| Silver [ebook] Poulos rubs his hands together [...] ‘The Supreme Court. Shit, man, that’s the big time’. |
3. nonsense! rubbish!
| letter 22 Apr. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 158: He’s claiming to be a drinker now. Remember how he vomited all over Pamplona? Drinker? Shit. | |
| (con. 1917) ‘A Flier’s War’ in Longstreet Canvas Falcons (1970) 273: So romantic ... oh shit and piss. | |
| letter 8 Oct. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 263: Shit I’ll say that’s not hard. | |
| World I Never Made 169: Oh, he is such a good husband, such a fine man! Shit! | |
| Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 165: ‘I’m sorry, brother Lion,’ say, ‘I apologize.’ / The Lion says, ‘Apologize, shit.’. | |
| On the Yard (2002) 107: ‘Why don’t you tell them?’ Erlenmeyer suggested. ‘Shit, they know I lie.’. | |
| Street Players 20: ‘Shit!’ Charles said loudly. ‘It was the Caddie, baby, that’s what it was.’. | |
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 74: The housing on the east side — shit! | |
| Devil All the Time 34: Roy walked out of the bedroom convinced that he could raise the dead. ‘Shit, you’re just a loony,’ Theodore said. |
4. an excl. of amazement, disbelief.
| Call It Sleep (1977) 414: Shit, no, I says I boins ’em out. | |
| letter 8 Feb. in Charters I (1995) 338: Neal is saying ‘Sh-h-h-it’. | |
| You Flash Bastard 183: The woman was under the impression that Sneed, like most policemen, was fairly straight, and decent. Shit! Did anyone really believe that any more? | |
| Lily on the Dustbin 24: She would never have said ‘Shit!’. | |
| Bad Debts (2012) [ebook] He looked at his watch. ‘Shit. I’ve got to get moving’. | |
| Keepers of Truth 46: ‘Shit, was he ever alive?’ Ronny Lawton laughed wryly. | |
| Call of the Weird (2006) 151: ‘What if I was Jewish?’ ‘Shit! Are ya?’. | |
| me-stepmums-too-fuckin-hot-mate at www.fakku.net 🌐 Shit! These are Kasumi’s knickers! |
In exclamations
(orig. US) a general excl. of surprise with undertones of dismay.
| in Stories the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell (1994) 44: [When ordered to fall in for dress parade, he told his sergeant] ‘Oh, shit, I cannot’. | |
| ‘Shave ’Em Dry’ (2nd ver.) 🎵 Your goddamn asshole stands open like a church door / [laughing] And the crabs walk in like people (Ow shit!) . | |
| letter 19 Sept. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 44: Oh shit! | |
| Absolute Beginners 108: Oh s—t! [...] Will no one ever take my ideas seriously? | |
| East in Decadence and Other Plays , (1985) 50: Oh shit . . . swerp . . . ugh . . . AAAAAARH. | |
| Decadence in Decadence and Other Plays , (1985) 35: Oh shit, I can’t move. | |
| Doing Time app. C 243: Of a night you can hear the screws walking up and down and then [...] you will hear them talking to a prisoner, and you think, oh shit, I wonder what that’s for? | |
| Guardian Weekend 19 June 75: Oh God! I’m too smartly dressed! I’m way too smart! Oh shit! | |
| Westsiders 7: Oh shit! thought Cube. | |
| Balimore Sun (MD) 3 June T23/4: ‘Oh shit, y’all go to the movies?’ Poot asks. |
a general excl. of annoyance.
| Picture Palace 49: I said what I had to and hoped they would see: ‘Shit and derision!’. | |
| at plumbingthedeepsofaneye.blogspot.com 12 Dec. 🌐 Hence, my overall rating for my masters is 74.5 ... shit and derision ... so close to a Distinction average ... and yet so far. |
general excl. of surprise.
| A Meaningful Life 205: ‘Shit biscuit, [...] Jesus Christ Almighty, it looks like somebody slaughtered a hog in here!’. |
(Aus.) an excl. of moderate astonishment or irony.
| DSUE (8th edn) 1053/2: since ca. 1945. | |
| G’DAY 14: SHANE: Just some blonde tart I conned up at Selina's. Top sort. GAZZA: Shit eh? SHANE: Yeah, all over me like a rash, she was. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 101/1: shit, eh? mild, maybe ironic, astonishment; eg ‘Is that so? Shit, eh?’ c.1945. | |
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |