shite meaning (vulgar): definition, etymology and quotations

shite

noun

/ʃaɪt/

Etymology From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

1

Ireland, UK, Usually, Vulgar Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.

That’s a load of shite.
Look at all this shite.

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“I had a visit from one of Colonel Datka’s people this afternoon. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.” / “Shite.” The brass-necked gears are turning behind his eyes. “What makes you say that?” […] “Coincidences happen.”2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Anwar: Sleep-walk”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233:

2

Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Uncommon, Usually, Vulgar A foolish or deceitful person.

He's a useless shite.
Pull yourself together. It’s not like he’s going to break in and rape you, is it? He’s just a nasty wee shite, as they say hereabouts, a misogynistic pick-up artist who’s too cheap to use a tissue.2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Dorothy: Breakdown”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 272:

Derived terms: beshite, bullshite, chat shite, give a shite, gobshite, hadaway and shite, load of shite, piece of shite, pile of shite, shitebag, shiteface, shitehawk, shitehead, shiteload, shitepoke, shitey, shity, shower of shite, talk shite, webshite

shite

adj

Etymology From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

1

Ireland, UK, Vulgar Bad; awful; shit.

That was a shite film.
In the end, you find yourself […] thinking about what the Gnome said about home brew. Shite beer, he’d said, unless you add a cofactor.2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Anwar: Diplomat”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, pages 91–92:

shite

intj

Etymology From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

1

Ireland, UK, Vulgar An expression of annoyance or dismay.

Shite! I left my wallet at home.
Shite. It’s three o’fucking clock in the afternoon!2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Toymaker: The Leith Police Dismisseth Us”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 33:

shite

verb

Etymology From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten (“to shit”), German scheißen (“to shit”), Swedish skita (“to shit”), Irish sceith, sgeith (“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit (“to tear, separate”).

1

Ireland, Scotland, UK, Vulgar To defecate.

[…] it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.2004, Robert Morgan, Brave enemies, page 38:
He would probably have a head full of locks. Who has time to be pretty when people are hurting? Crying. Shiting on themselves trying to beat heroin.2007, Talonie Starr, Growth Manifesto, page 173:

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I have eaten a dishful of curds, And I have shitten your mouth full of turds.2011, Douglas Bruster, Eric Rasmussen, Everyman and Mankind:

Synonyms: defecate
Related terms: shitten