Etymology

shitepoke

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Today it means: The green heron, Butorides virescens. Full definition →

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The story

From shite (“feces”) + poke (“bag”), with reference to the birds' habit of defecating when disturbed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.