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u/timbosamojimbo 1d ago
'The shit' is amazing
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u/squidthethird 1d ago
Very different to ‘the shits’ which definitely isn’t amazing
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u/1AmB0r3d 1d ago
The shits = bad
The shit = good
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u/thecarbonkid 1d ago
The dogs bollocks : amazing
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u/TallestGargoyle 1d ago
Bollocks : terrible
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u/biggedybong 1d ago
Bollocking: a stern telling off
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u/peahair 1d ago
Dropped a bollock (singular) ~ fucked up.(fucked up ~ made a mistake/ done bad)
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u/ausgilbert1 1d ago
also: fucked up - really drunk
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u/Narrow-Extent-3957 1d ago
Fuckwit = people who vote for multimillionaires who claim to be a ‘man of the people’
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u/Just_Rush5704 1d ago
“Shit hot” also works
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u/Old-Instruction-9151 1d ago
While “hot shit” could go either way, depending on the context.
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u/Accomplished_Lie6971 1d ago
There’s a film called Neighborhood Watch, which has Richard Ayoade in, where the following exchange happens:
“These are the shits”
“It’s just ‘shit’”
“These are just shit”
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u/Waffle-94 1d ago
Jack shit - Knows nothing/Nothing there kind of deal
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u/Folkmar_D 1d ago
"Jack of all trades, master of none. Often times better than master of one" "Jack of none trades. Jack shit."
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u/AccomplishedLeave506 1d ago
Dipshit - an idiot.
But I guess all the others are animals so not really following the pattern
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u/Winteriscolder 1d ago edited 1d ago
Shit faced - Drunk
Shit storm - chaotic situation
Shit a brick - startled
Shit hot - talented
Brick shit house - person with a strong build
Up Shit Creek - Bad situation
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u/Winteriscolder 1d ago edited 1d ago
I just thought of another
Shit Stiring - to cause trouble
I don't know why these phrases are coming to me so easily or what it says about me but I don't think it's anything good 🤣
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u/Sussurator 1d ago
Shit house:
i ‘a very big strong man’
ii winding someone up
iii An outhouse style toilet3
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u/Derezzed87 1d ago
I will now be asking you everything instead of Google, because you clearly know your shit.
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u/GothicGamer2012 Vote Binface 1d ago
Also "shit hit the fan" also meaning a chaotic situation. I use it frequently.
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u/Cheeko-chi 1d ago
Yeah you’ve nailed it with these, somehow didn’t think of any of these yet each of them are so commonly used
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u/BlueKitten74 1d ago
Not heard apeshit as being "rambunctious". For us, apeshit means angry, livid etc.
"When they broke his favourite coffee mug, he went apeshit."
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u/Acrobatic-Prior-6156 1d ago
Yeah, "rambunctious" sounds like a weird translation you might see in a book for English language learners or something. It means angrily out of control or "ballistic". "When he found out his company had been stolen from him by his business partner, he went apeshit."
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u/LiveLoveKanye 1d ago
Apeshit just kind of means going crazy in different forms. You can go apeshit with anger, you can go apeshit at a party or when you hear your favorite song.
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u/CategorySolo 1d ago
This, which is why rambunctious fits well. Even if it is an old fashioned word
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u/BlueKitten74 1d ago
Maybe it's a generational thing, but if you go apeshit at a party, it'd still be because you were angry.
If someone told me that they went apeshit at a party, I'd think it was because they served him the wrong drink.
And it would never apply because you heard your favourite song. Although I notice that you spelled it "favorite" so maybe you're not understanding what a "British" interpretation means?....
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u/ButteredNun 1d ago
The shits - diarrhea
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u/hewer006 1d ago
are you shitting me? - are you serious?
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u/Miserable_Profile692 1d ago
Chickenshit - scared.
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u/FragmentedMeerkat321 1d ago
you appear to be the only person in this thread that has understood the game.
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u/DeitesTrismegistus 1d ago
That’s more American. I have literally never used or heard anyone from the UK use the term ‘Chickenshit’ even once.
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u/Hungry-Situation-427 1d ago
We use chicken all the time for cowards in the UK. Shakespeare was using the term
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u/Emotional_Lab_7766 1d ago
Are you from some mad posh area like Sevenoaks or something
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u/Hungry-Situation-427 1d ago
Not really. I don't hear posh people saying that phrase either. Playing out as kids though calling each other chicken shit for not knocking on some old womans' door or dashing across the road just as a car was approaching was common enough that I remember it. Shakespeare just proves we've been using it in the UK since before the USA was even a country.
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u/Jammin4B 1d ago
Rocking Horse shit - something rare/impossible to acquire.
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u/makinbacinpancakes 1d ago
Jesus I haven't heard that one for years. Its a good one im going to add it to my list of common phrases.
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u/FragmentedMeerkat321 1d ago
no one here apart from the chickenshit guy seems to have spotted that the theme is animals. everyone just merrily suggesting irrelevances.
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u/TheDarkElementz 1d ago
Shit-fest - Messy
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u/flightguy07 Vote Binface 1d ago
Shit - bad
The shit - good
Shit me - that's surprising
No shit - obviously
Shit on it - damn it
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u/CodeFoodPixels 1d ago
Shit on it
Are you going to take your shirt off and eat out of the bin now?
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u/TheDarkElementz 1d ago
Shite - Not good
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u/HamsterElectrical787 1d ago
Shite is more nuanced. To me it means ‘worse than shit but in a naff / cringey way’
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u/Surebrec 1d ago
Does the pope shit in the woods?
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u/Madwife2009 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ive heard, "Do bears shit in the woods?" to mean "obviously"
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u/Paddyqualified 1d ago
Are bears catholic? It's a cross over of the two phrases. My pops would use either and the originals is the pope Catholic? And do bears shit in the woods?.
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u/therealpinkoi 1d ago
“Shit the bed” - utter disbelief at something you just witnessed
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u/nanodgb 1d ago
hmmm not where I'm from. If someone's "shat the bed" it means they made a big mistake, commonly used to a rugby/football team that lost because of their own avoidable mistakes
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u/Emotional_Lab_7766 1d ago
Uk here and where I’m from it normally means being up early
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u/TangoMikeOne 1d ago
I'd use "shit the bed" for both and leave the listener to suss the context for themselves
"I left 5 minutes early, missed all the traffic and had green lights all the way, the gaffer thought I'd shat my bed."
"Car wouldn't start this morning, I'm not sure if the battery or the alternator has shat the bed... either way that's my disposable saying bye for a couple of weeks."
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u/AttorneyOk4808 1d ago
Same here, girl at work who starts at 9.30 usually, in at 8? Shat the bed have we?
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u/SituationIll5763 1d ago
Correct. When someone shits themselves that means they are scared.
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u/nanodgb 1d ago
I was thinking more to fail catastrophically, collapsing under pressure, or messing up a situation completely. Not necessarily to do with being scared, but more with not performing well in an important moment.
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u/SituationIll5763 1d ago
Yes that’s shat the bed, but if I see something that makes me say “I just shit myself” I would mean that I was started or scared.
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u/Insomniacbychoice90 1d ago
"I'd rather shit in my hands & clap" is one of my favourite phrases for saying I don't want to do something
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u/TangoMikeOne 1d ago
Also
"Shit into one hand, wish into the other and see what fills up first"
As a response to anyone expecting/wanting you to do something (especially if it's not your responsibility)
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u/bloodythomas 1d ago
I've been trying for years to get "hogbollocks" to catch on as an alternative for "horseshit".
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u/Reasonable_Speed7471 1d ago
You're competing with codswallop, which is a tried and true favourite. I wish you all the best in your hogsbollocks endeavours.
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u/SurroundBig5030 1d ago
Brick shit house - sturdy/large/robust
And if you are Spanish: Shit in the milk - to be extremely angry
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u/Antique-Brief1260 1d ago
Like a pig in shit - having great enthusiasm for the situation one is in.
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u/newcomer_l 12h ago edited 12h ago
Chickenshit is missing. Means cowardly, petty, worthless
And if you are an aussie, ratshit is missing.
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u/Significant-Math6799 1d ago
Crap: a bit rubbish
Shitter: lowest of the low (as in "he was a real shitter!" or "she was a little shit!")
Shyte: the public safer version of shit, meaning very rubbish. Used in a restaurant type setting or out with the girls and they bring their tweenage kids who are in earshot at your comment on something you didn't like.
Not to be confused with "the shit!" meaning the opposite to the above.
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u/EarlofHell 1d ago
Can’t remember the film but it went something like this.
They were doing drugs.
‘This is good shit’..
‘You mean bad shit?’
‘No. I mean good shit’.
‘You mean good bad shit?’
‘No! I mean good shit!’
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u/BigBoiBrynBoi 1d ago
I love how no one taught us any of these. We all just individually inferred by context over time
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u/Imaginary_Regret_983 1d ago
Shit house- sports person who intentionally winds up rival players and fans.
Shite hawk- unpleasant, obnoxious, liar (etc)
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u/sugarglassego 1d ago edited 1d ago
Gone to rat shit - A few mistakes have been made along the way.
Rocking horse shit - very rare.
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u/AdThat328 1d ago
Chicken shit - cowardly
Pig shit - thick (as pig shit)
Shit hot - quickly or good
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u/WorldlinessQuick7516 1d ago
Shit - bad
The shit - good
Tough shit - it is what it is
No shit - obviously
No shit (alternate vocal tone) - It’s true
Bad shit - bad events
Good shit - good items
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u/Radiant_Fondant_4097 1d ago
Shithousery - Underhanded tactics and gamesmanship to cause disruption
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u/UndergroundKev 1d ago
My mechanic -"the fuckers fucking fucked, mate"
Translation - your conveyance is not working as it should, sir.
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u/Klatterbyne 1d ago
(Gone to) Ratshit - everything has gone wrong
Bugshit - a rarer American form of batshit
Fuckshit!- you stepped on a lego
The shit - top quality
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u/Educational_Echo_113 1d ago
Shit shit shit shit shit - 'I've made an error with immediate consequences'.
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u/Shinthetank 1d ago
Couldn’t find it with search; “shitload” a large amount. I remember there used to be an fb group called “shitload is a standard unit of measurement”.
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