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When our esteemed Twitter manager, Jillian, saw this tweet…

… 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.


Kelaine Conochan

Bearshit – Obvious

(as in, does a bear shit in the woods?)

Jay Heltzer

Holy shit – reserved for religious figureheads

Mikael Johnson

Ratshit – Pertaining to a poorly run operation; colloquial to Northeastern United States

Erin Vail

Cuckoo-bananas-shit: as in, it’s the most unbelievable shit that it actually goes beyond batshit.

Josh Bard

ShitShit, shitshitshitshit – something really bad just happened

Heather Shaff

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

Eric Mochnacz

Shit-tastic – When your day was shitty, but then got even shittier.  Like, it’s the ultimate level of your day going to shit.

Sarah Razner

Shitty McShit – When your level of shit takes on boat-sized proportions a la Boaty McBoatface

Devin Householder

The Shit – Of the highest quality

Jillian Conochan

Chimpshit – Rowdy, but not quite to rambunctious/apeshit levels

Sam Hedenberg

Shit sandwich – What I take a bite of every single morning

Mr. Joe Walker

Dumbshit – When you did what you did but you knew you shouldn’t have done it. Also fossilized animal feces.

Dan Farkas

Twitter: Hey, these are good.

The Prompt: No shit.

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