shitty
nounEtymology From shit + -y. Cognate with German Low German schittig (“dirty, shitty”), German scheißig (“shitty”).
shitty
adjUK /ˈʃɪti/ · US /ˈʃɪti/
Etymology From shit + -y. Cognate with German Low German schittig (“dirty, shitty”), German scheißig (“shitty”).
- The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.
- I'm feeling shitty today; I don't want to go out.
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- It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.1988 November, Byron Coley, “Underground”, in Spin, page 101:
- Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 128:
- The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.2006, Everett True, Nirvana: The True Story, published 2009:
- Halfway there we turned off the highway onto possibly the shittiest gravel road I have ever driven. In Canada, we would call it washboard; in Australia they call it corrugated, but you get the point.2011, Rik Leaf, Four Homeless Millionaires, page 134:
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Australia, New Zealand, UK, Slang, Vulgar Annoyed.
- Don't get shitty with me!
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Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar Low-quality; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations.
- “She's a shitty teacher, but Ault was in a bind.” But she hadn't been a shitty teacher when she'd been hired. She'd never taught before. And who was Aspeth to decide she was shitty now? She was still inexperienced.2005, Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep: A Novel, page 157:
- Derived terms
- better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick, divershitty, New York Shitty, shitizen, shittily, shittiness, shitty-ass, Shitty Kitty, shitty stick, univershitty, unshitty
- Related terms
- shit