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When our esteemed Twitter manager, Jillian, saw this tweet…
Dogshit – Very poor quality
Bullshit – Not true
Horseshit – Nonsense
Apeshit – Rambunctious
Batshit – InsaneThis is an excellent feature of English that we should continue building upon.
— Lacquerware (@lacquerleaks) July 18, 2022
… she sent out the Bat Signal. Time for The Prompt writers to help expand the English language with some new, refreshing takes on one of our most colorful, expressive words.
Bearshit – Obvious
(as in, does a bear shit in the woods?)
Holy shit – reserved for religious figureheads
Ratshit – Pertaining to a poorly run operation; colloquial to Northeastern United States
Cuckoo-bananas-shit: as in, it’s the most unbelievable shit that it actually goes beyond batshit.
ShitShit, shitshitshitshit – something really bad just happened
Shi·no·la*
/SHīˈnōlə/
Noun TRADEMARK
a brand of boot polish.
INFORMAL•US
used as a euphemism for “shit”.
“there’ll be the same old Shinola on television”
* Oxford Languages
Shit-tastic – When your day was shitty, but then got even shittier. Like, it’s the ultimate level of your day going to shit.
Shitty McShit – When your level of shit takes on boat-sized proportions a la Boaty McBoatface
The Shit – Of the highest quality
Chimpshit – Rowdy, but not quite to rambunctious/apeshit levels
Shit sandwich – What I take a bite of every single morning
Dumbshit – When you did what you did but you knew you shouldn’t have done it. Also fossilized animal feces.
Twitter: Hey, these are good.
The Prompt: No shit.