Meanings
nounShinola (uncountable)
- uncountableEuphemism for shit.
“[…]But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […]”
1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 64
Origin
From the name of a brand of shoe polish with a similar colour and texture to excrement, from shine + -ola.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Shinola
MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Cite this entry
APA
Shinola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinola
MLA
“Shinola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinola. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shinola,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinola.
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