shitkicking adj.
(US) rough, crude, rural (cite 1996 seems to take word literally).
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Strange Peaches 4: I starred as a genuine, authentic, pistol-shooting, shit-kicking cowboy. | |
| It (1987) 358: Richie spotted Henry Bowers and his shitkicking friends. | |
| Ozark Folksongs and Folklore I 431: Randolph’s later style-pace-and-spirit markings as to the singers’ method of singing, give this one as ‘Shit-kicking style’. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Guardian 14 Sept. 193/1: ‘Casino’ also included [...] Joe pesci creaming, ‘You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure smelling, mother f***er, you’. | |
| Robbers (2001) 231: Them’s my workboots, the man said [...] They my shitkicking boots. | |
| Observer 24 Aug. 93/4: Even to those groups [...] who have tapped into its tumble-down, shit-kicking chic. | |
| Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 14 July ZZ/8: Doc Marten’s, the world’s premier shit-kicking boots. |
In compounds
(orig. US) music that makes the hearer want to get up and dance, shout, sing, generally have a good, boisterous time; thus also shitkicking records.
| (con. early 1950s) Valhalla 57: They got a lot of shitkickin’ records there. [Ibid.] 121: You like shitkicking music, ne? | |
| Indiana Gaz. (PA) 27 May 13/4: [T]hey’re ‘shit-kicking music’ at its best! | |
 | ‘Digestive’ eye 2 Oct. 🌐 Mr. Bastard promises ‘serious shit-kicking music,’ including an ultra-rare appearance by his old compatriots King Kurt. | |
| Pensacola News Jrnl (FL) 9 Nov. 130/1: [H]igh-energy shit-kicking music. | |
| Rough Riders 83: You always got that shit kicking music on [...] of course you didn’t see me. |