shit-test

A form of shit test — A conscious or unconscious challenge posed by a woman to a man to determine his suitability as a romantic or sexual partner consisting of acting in a cold, unfriendly, provocative or otherwise defiant manner and seeing how the man reacts and whether he is able to stay unfazed.

Meanings

nounshit-test (plural shit-tests)

plural shit-tests

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shit test.
    1 more example

    2024, Beauchamp, Zack, Vox:https://www.vox.com/politics/368884/online-right-l0m3z-jonathan-keeperman-interview-razib-khan L0m3z is obsessed with the specter of something he calls “gay race communism,” which he describes as “a civilizational scale shit-test that operates on the … implicit threat of feminine hysterics.”

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APA

shit-test. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit-test

MLA

“shit-test.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit-test. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shit-test,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit-test.

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