Etymology

eat shit

Today it means: To fall and land on one's face. Full definition →

Spanish comer mierda
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The story

  1. Spanish · calque ofcomer mierda“to waste time”
  2. English todayeat shit

Calque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban Spanish

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