Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a general term of abuse, usu. of a person; esp. as sad sack of shit n.

1961		(con. early 1950s) J. Peacock Valhalla 298: I bet those two Staff’s are a couple of sorry-lookin’ sacks of shit this morning.
1971		L. Bangs in Psychotic Reactions (1988) 7: When you were mad at somebody, you could call ’em, ‘You rotten sack o’ shit!’.
1977		J. Sayles Union Dues (1978) 184: You gotten to be one lazy-ass sack a shit layin back in this room.
1978		S. King Stand (1990) 754: You lyin sack of shit!
1986		C. Hiaasen Tourist Season (1987) 228: ‘Sorry sack of shit,’ Wilson said.
1989		P. Benchley Lush 36: You feel like a sack of wet turtle turds now, but believe me, when you get out of here, you’ll feel like the prince of fuckin’ peace.
1997		T. Fontana ‘Visits’Oz ser. 1 ep. 2 [TV script] You got a girl waiting for you on the outside? [...] she know you’re a lying sack of shit?
2000		J. Ellroy ‘Grave Doubt’ Destination: Morgue! (2004) 110: He was a thieving, raping, misanthropic sack of shit.
2000		Observer Screen 5 Mar. 8: Budge up, Dave, you ’orrible sack of shite.
2010		A. Steinberg Running the Books 310: Sorry, it just occurred to me that you’re a sack of shit.
2010		(con. 1973) C. Stella Johnny Porno 257: You’re a lying sack-of-shit rat bastard.
2017		S.M. Jones August Snow [ebook] If being an egocentric sack of shit were a prosecutable crime, there wouldn’t be a soul sitting in the US Senate.
2021		J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 245: Voldrich is a noted sack of shit.