Meanings
- vulgarSynonym of I kid you not (Used to insist that one is telling the truth)First known use mid-20th c.
“What’sa matter?” Mudgen asked. “Ain’t you ever seen snow before?” But he couldn't keep himself from going over to the door. “Well I shit you not it is snowing!”
1954, Robert James Collas Lowry, “Casualty”, in Happy New Year, Kamerades!, Doubleday & Company, page 106Synonyms: I kid you not
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseSynonym of I kid you not (Used to insist that one is telling the truth)
Origin
Earliest known use is from 1949 in Dan Levin's Mask of Glory.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
I shit you not. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20shit%20you%20not
“I shit you not.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20shit%20you%20not. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I shit you not,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20shit%20you%20not.
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