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[edit] European Origin?

SHIT ON A FUCKING DICKHEAD!.... sorry that came out wrong. Lol did anyone else see in the article how it referenced the slang term with, "Oregon Trail is the dope shit" hilarious...just like your face. lol j/k I LIKEEEE SHITTTTTTTTTTT.! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.160.199 (talk) 17:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

While roaming around the web I found a mention that the term SHIT comes from the label on the side of boxes when it was being ttransferred from one side of the ocean to the other. The long and short...

Back in the early era, manure was recognized as being one of the best sources of fertilizer. As England expanded over the ocean, the demand for manure increased, causing captians to pack more and more into their boats. To prepare for the transatlantic crossing, the manure would be dried out to make it lighter (and eliminate the smell!) but as the boat transversed the ocean, water would leak in and get into the manure by soaking through the boat and te boxes. This would cause it to start decomposing, releasing methane and other gasses. While this wasnt much of a problem to the crews health, lighting a candle or other light source would cause an explosion, possibly destroying the ship. This led captains to label the side of their boxes "Ship High In Transport" (S.H.I.T) This usage of terms eventually came to apply to manure in all forms.

Javascap 20:30, 12 October 2007 (UTC)Javascap


yep, you right, I thought it was Store High in Transport , though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoKayne8me (talk • contribs) 11:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] South Park Episode

In the South Park Epidose "It hits the fan", Chef researched the word 'shit' in the library? The wikipedia article on shit says : "It was originally adopted into Old English as scitte, eventually morphing into Middle English schītte." Scitte is mentioned on the South Park episode. But the wikipedia article does not mention the word Shit developing near the time of the black plague and this being the reason for its taboo. Does anyone know anything about this? Is the wikipedia article lacking or did South Park lie about history? --Jon in California —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.73.181 (talk • contribs)

As South Park is an entertainment Cartoon series it doesn't lie about anything it bearing shows what happended in the fictional South Park Universe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeking16 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Nice!!!

Bro who writes this down man!!! Good "Shit" Haha!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.155.24.159 (talk) 08:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use as transitive verb

In Australia and New Zealand, "to shit" is to cause great annoyance to someone, much the same as to piss someone off, eg "Geez that Reginald shits me". For emphasis "to tears" is often appended: "How come these buses are never on time? Fair dinkum, they shit me to tears." This probably warrants a mention.


[edit] Talk:shit

this is very very bad language

THE TRUTH IS THAT THE QUOTE FROM SPYKIDS IS WRONG BUT I CAN'T EDIT THE DUMB PAGE! PLEASE LET WIKIPEIDA BECOME MORE CREDIBLE! IM AN SHITTTY IDIOT! ENOUGH OF THIS "WIDELY ACCEPTED" BULL(shit) witty eh?, SOME OF THE INTORMATION IS INCORRECT!

lol70.176.5.79 23:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


"The inner city youth orchestra has been a remarkably successful initiative in that it has kept young people off the streets after school, and exposed them to culture and disclipline thereby improving their self esteem and future prospects The fact that the orchestra's recent rendition of Tchaikofsky's Manfred Symphony in B minor was pretty much a piece of shit should not in any way detract from this."

...was I wrong to laugh hysterically for 5 straight minutes after reading this sentence? 66.56.206.238 15:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

the phrase 'shit stirrer' is used throughout england, or at least in the north west; not only london and the surround SHIT GLORIOUS SHIT WE JUST CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT

I agree that 'shit stirrer' is more of a phrase from the North West of England. If anything, I've only ever heard it used around Manchester and Lancashire - certainly not in the London area.

It's used in the North east too, primarily by Geordies.

[edit] The Shitten Shepherd

Rather than the past participle, shitten makes more sense as describing the state of being soiled. Take the original line: For if the priest be foul in whom we trust, no wonder that a common man should rust, and shame it is to see, let priests take stock, a shitten shepherd and a snowy flock. --Infrangible 13:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What the asterisk is with the "censorship"?

What's the point of all the asterisks? If any page in wikipedia has a right to have a complete shit, it's this one... Quirkie 23:16, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

it was fixed while I was reading the page! Quirkie 23:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Yep. The "censorship" was a good-faith but illjudged edit by an inexperienced user, I guess. It was quickly reverted. If you see something like that, you can edit it out yourself, though warning about it on the talkpage like you did is good too. Thank you. Bishonen | talk 23:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Pink Floyd mentioned in "Acceptance" section

How can the reference in their song "Money" be mentioned, but not the reference in The Trial from their album, The Wall? "You little shit! You're in it!" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.236.142.218 (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

"The Trial" doesn't get played on the radio. The section isn't about the songs, it's about the acceptability of the word "shit" on broadcast television and radio. The songs are just examples. --Bongwarrior 01:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shit from Shinola

Great article. It is clear that you have got your shit together and kicked the shit out of the wowsers. You should not give a shit for the views of the knockers. As Janice Joplin once said, some things "don't mean shit to a tree".... Captainbeefart 14:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This article is locked?

I wanted to make a grammatical change to a sentence in this article, but it's locked.

In the first paragraph, there is a sentence that says:

"Shit or shite is a vulgar word in Modern English vulgarly denoting feces."

Is the second mention of the vulgar nature of the word shit necessary? It makes the sentence seem improper to me. Eyknough 04:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


Added Later:

I verified my email address... and suddenly the edit links have appeared. I'm going to go ahead and make the change I suggested above.

[edit] I always used Shite Differently from Shit

Shite for me is more continuous, less aggressive and more commonly dismissive.: 'How was the gig? - Shite.' Just common place bad.

How was the gig? - Shit. Far stronger.

Anyone else find this? Reaper7 20:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Shite (pronounced with the I as in eye rather than the i as in Indian) is, I believe, a Scottish pronunciation, SqueakBox 20:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Well in London shite as in sh'eye'te is just as common as shit now. Maybe it was brought down by the scots after Trainspotting but it definitely in the vernacular down here now. Reaper7 21:14, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

No idea whether trainspotting was the culprit but I spent time in Scotland in 85 and that was the first time I heard it (I'm from the south east) but it had become common in London by the 21st Century indeed, SqueakBox 21:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
You smell some original research coming up mate? Felt like a lot of the stuff i researched in Uni was shite anyway, might aswell deal with the real thing and if someone asks, we can say with pride, we researching shit..Reaper7 21:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I think people in London tend to use it more and more. Most of them seem to do it to distinguish themselves from the Americans. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.132.242.1 (talk) 11:02, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

Shite is a different tense like shat though its normally used to mean exactly the same. People have used Shite in the south east for at least 80 years. (86.156.5.139 (talk) 21:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Picture

Shouldn't there be a picture for this article? Surely it wouldn't be difficult to find one.

No. This article is about the word, not feces. Says so in the template at the top of the page. WLU 16:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use in Politics

President used the word shit when talking about Heznollah with Tony Blair before he was unaware the microphones were on somewhere. shouldn't we add this.141.155.150.153 23:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Which president? And we are not obligated to include every single incident of trivia on pages - unless this got substantial, notable coverage, it's not really suitable. WLU 00:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Funniest article

This article is the funniest Wikipedia article I ever read. I nearly passed out from laughing. I think it should be given feature status or smth. More people need to read this shit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.120.253.157 (talk) 06:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "The Shits"

Should be included. A article exists on Uncyclopedia and it means "being scared shitless." 205.240.146.188 (talk) 07:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

"Ain't that the shits" means "What an unexpected experience" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireflyman (talk • contribs) 05:06, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sweeney Todd

I would imagine that the use of the word shit in "the ballad of sweeney todd" would have been highly unusual for a broadway show at the time69.9.26.6 (talk) 17:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One thing forgotten

Something the article on SHIT did not mention is the expression "Fuck this shit!" which can be taken both literally or figuratively. Other than some crewed forms of porn, the term is used mainly to express a feeling of giving up on something or to display a sense of danger in which the said person wants no part.71.231.47.87 (talk) 19:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Shitting" redirect to "defecaton"?

The gerund/present participle form shitting used to redirect to defecation, and I think that is a better redirect and should be restored. Other (vulgar and otherwise) gerund forms properly redirect to the process in question and not the noun form of the word. Pissing, for example, redirects to urination. A similar, but not exactly analogous example is making love or having sex, both of which redirect to sexual intercourse. Fucking used to redirect there (and I think it still should), but now goes to fuck. I really think that these vulgar gerund forms should go to the articles that most represent the form of the word, and in this case, it's more accurate for shitting to redirect to defecation than to here. Should the redirect be changed back? MahlerFan (talk) 13:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, making love redirects to a movie of that name. Still, you see the argument.

MahlerFan (talk) 13:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It should probably be determined by the most common uses of the link on Wikiepdia. If most uses of shitting are profanity, then it should redirect to shit. If most of them are referring to the biological function (which I suspect is unlikely) it should redirect to defecation. I'll take a look on What links here? for shitting and see if there is an obvious pattern. --Legis (talk - contribs) 12:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Censorship

Can someone put up a picture of someone defecating. This would really illustrate the article and the meaning 81.86.220.130 (talk) 00:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Except this page is about the word use and not excretion. WLU (talk) 02:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, the image of someone defecating should be put on the defecation page. This page should only include a picture of faecus. Maybe with some flies around it 81.86.220.130 (talk) 12:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Again, this article is about the word shit, not about faeces. There are relevant images on that page. If you disagree with the consensus about images on the Muhammad article, trying to disrupt Wikipedia to make a POINT is not the way to voice your disagreements. Dreaded Walrus t c 15:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing link

Recommend adding a link to Shit Happens.

[edit] Re: Jack Schitt

Should this be edited for this joke biography?: Jack is the son of Awe Schitt and O.Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O.Schitt, the owner of Needeep.N.Schitt Inc. They had one son, Jack. In turn Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religous couple produced 6 children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt and the twins: Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt. Against her parents objections, Deap Schitt married Dom Schitt, a high school dropout. However, after being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later remarried Ted Sherlock and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock. Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt and they produced a son of nervous disposition, Chicken Schitt. Two other of the six children, Fulla and Giva, were inseperable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to travel the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt. There would be a bit at the top about the current redirect (if you are looking for yadda yadda yadda). Legendary Joe 16:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I have redirected Jack Schitt to this article. Its contents were nothing more than a joke, and unlikely to become a full article. Furthermore, Wikipedia is not Uncyclopedia. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I totally ate shit

It'd be nice to cover this totally bizarre expression, in which the person who falls is said to "eat shit." Someone falls on a bike and reports on it by saying "I totally ate shit."

67.162.142.76 (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2008 (UTC)polar