shitter
nounUK /ˈʃɪt.ə/ · US /ˈʃɪt.ɚ/
Etymology Agent noun formed from shit + -er. The sense referring to a toilet formed from shit + -er (patient suffix).
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Colloquial, Vulgar One who defecates.
- Either I'm a fast killer, he thought, or that boy's a slow shitter.2003, Jack Priest, Ragged Man, page 116:
- Hold on, I gotta use the shitter.
- But if she had murdered two children, I'd gladly see her spend her final years on earth in a cell with an iron-hard bed and an overflowing shitter in the corner.2016, Anne Emery, Lament for Bonnie:
- Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter?”2006, Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok, page 159:
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Derogatory, Offensive, Slang, Vulgar A contemptible person or thing.
- Blood, guts, and hair were soon spread on the floor, and the dog was cut to pieces. Nat was muttering, “There, that'll teach you, you shitter,” as he sat down and looked at the bloodied remains of the animal.2010, D. W. Chisholm, The Italian School Teacher, page 35:
- "I got diagnosed with cancer at the start of the year which was a massive s—ter. It made me massively reflect on our mortality," she [Cherry Seaborn] confessed before adding, "it made me think, 'Oh if I died, what's people's perception of me? What do you leave behind?'"2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in Cosmopolitan:
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Video games Especially, Slang Someone lacking skill, especially in a video game.
- Derived terms
- down the shitter, in the shitter, pro-shitter, street shitter