Meanings
adjectivepantshitting (comparative more pantshitting, superlative most pantshitting)
comparative more pantshitting · superlative most pantshitting
- colloquialvulgarOf an event, experience, or emotion that is exceptionally terrifying, stressful, or shocking.
That was a pantshittingly close call on the highway.
Origin
Blend of pants + shitting; derived from the phrase shitting one's pants which originated literally as a bodily reaction to extreme fear.
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pantshitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantshitting
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“pantshitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantshitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pantshitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantshitting.
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