Meanings
- derogatoryvulgarNickname for William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright and poet.
[ Shitspeare 101 deleted ] And people think my posts about cinema are boring.
1994 December 19, Avoid normal situations., “Kebbie compounds his stupidity (was Kebbie being stoooopid)”, in alt.flame (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Oct 20252 more examples
—[Shakespeare:] Good signiors, keep up your bright swords, for the dew of the night and the river will rust them. Hold your hands, both of you of my inclining, and the rest: were it my Cue to fight . . . and we’ll all go back to the castle. / Shitspeare. We returned to the club. Johnny’s Dream! Who the fuck are you kidding? A nightmare without air-conditioning.
1978, G[uillermo] Cabrera Infante, translated by Donald Gardner and Suzanne Jill Levine, chapter XVIII, in Three Trapped Tigers, New York, N.Y.: Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 432[[…] Shakespeare extends the microphone to the angry "loop"er, and gives another mock bow as Robinson snatches the mic away from him.] MR: You wanna fight, Shitspeare? You wanna fight right now?! Bring it on!
1997 March 9, Daniel Spreadbury, “[IIWF Saturday Night] 8 March 1997 (2/3)”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025
Origin
Blend of shit + Shakespeare.
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