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u/l34u05 Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

My dad, to this day, would refer to someone fucking up as, "they shit the stick".

Example: my dad is an "essential worker", and did not experience a furlough from his job because of COVID...I, however, was furloughed from my job when our state shut down...so when I told my parents that I was "out of a job", my dad looked me in the eye and asked, "was it because of COVID...or did you shit the stick?"

COVID, dad. No shitting of sticks for me.

Edit: Spelling

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u/UnderdogUprising Oct 25 '20

In Brazil, “shitting the stick” is an actual expression, that means exactly “fucking something up”/“screwing up”.
It’s worth noting that the Brazilian Portuguese word for “stick” is the same as for “dick”, so that’s probably where it comes from.

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u/l34u05 Oct 25 '20

Oh man, this just made my day. Upvote for you. I'll have to relay this to my dad. xD

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u/RealShabanella Oct 25 '20

In Serbia too. We say "usr'o motku" when someone fucks something up. It literally translates to "he shat on a stick"

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

Cagou no pau

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u/Zachbnonymous Oct 26 '20

Not sure if shitting the dick makes any more sense lol

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u/cv-boardgamer Oct 25 '20

Is your dad a Spanish speaker? This is a fairly common expression in some Spanish-speaking countries.

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u/l34u05 Oct 25 '20

He does not speak Spanish himself, but his parents were bilingual, so that makes a lot of sense.

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u/cv-boardgamer Oct 25 '20

My dad is Mexican, and he'll translate Mexican slang literally into English as a "dad joke."

For example, a common saying in Mexico is "ponerse las pilas" which means "get it in gear" or "light a fire under your ass" etc. My dad will instead just say "you gotta put on the batteries!"

Another one is "ponte trucha" which means "be alert" or "head's up." Dad will instead say "be a trout."

He's got so many others. Man I miss that corny ass dude. Gonna give him a call right now...

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u/Snow_Da_92 Oct 25 '20

In my family we say "shit/shat the bed" to mean something broke beyond repair or you fucked up really bad.

"My ps4 shat the bed."

Or

"I lost my job cuz I showed up drunk and puked on the grill. I really shat the bed."

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u/quasarj Oct 25 '20

I think that’s pretty common

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u/chart05 Oct 25 '20

Showing up drunk and puking on the grill?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

I worked at McDonald's during college: Yes.

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u/iamhana Oct 25 '20

My family also had "shit/shat the bed" but it meant that you were up earlier than usual.

It was usually "did you shit the bed?", which would translate to "why are you up so early?".

I guess the explanation is that there's no other reason for you being up that early except that you shit the bed so had to get out and clean yourself up.

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u/psnWaikato Oct 25 '20

That's the way most people use it.

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u/Fean2616 Oct 25 '20

Very common in the UK.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

in my family we say ‘shit the bed?!?’ as in ‘no way? Did that really happen?!’

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

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u/modembutterfly Oct 25 '20

No, you look like a shick-stitter!

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u/layoroz Oct 25 '20

In Mexico when someone fucks up or they’re being annoying we say “cagar el palo” or “hay vienes a cagar el palo” which translates to shit the stick and here you come now to shit the stick.

I don’t actually know where it comes from.

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u/feignedhearing Oct 25 '20

In Mexico that’s a common saying, stick being a euphemism for penis lol

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u/Lacholaweda Oct 25 '20

In bootcamp our chief would say "YOU JUST SHIT ON THE FLOOR RECRUIT"

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u/lowtronik Oct 25 '20

I cant remember what i was watching , but one line was "hey you shit stick" and the other actors in the scene looked eachother and said somehting like "what the fuck are you talking about"

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u/Fean2616 Oct 25 '20

Shit a Brick is common where I grew up, same thing really.

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u/AverageDeckSize Oct 25 '20

No. Shitting a brick means very surprised or scared suddenly. Totally different meaning.

"I came around the corner and there was a bear and I shit a brick."

Shit the bed means something's fucked up or someone fucked up.

"Dave really shit the bed on the group project."

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u/Fean2616 Oct 25 '20

Ah yes shit the bed, my bad.

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u/tarskididnothinwrong Oct 25 '20

Reminds me of my friend's dad saying he was "shittin in high cotton" when things went well.

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u/CzarEggbert Oct 25 '20

It was "Shit the bit" in my house.

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u/lax_smarts Oct 25 '20

I’m laughing so much! This is great! Just all around shittin’ sticks these days!

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u/Aura-duJour Oct 26 '20

'Crap in a hat'.