shite

plural shites

1. IrelandUKuncountableusuallyvulgarShit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.

   Look at all this shite.

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   That’s a load of shite.

   “I had a visit from one of Colonel Datka’s people this afternoon. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.” / “Shite.” The brass-necked gears are turning behind his eyes. “What makes you say that?” […] “Coincidences happen.”

   2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Anwar: Sleep-walk”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233

2. IrelandUKcountablederogatoryuncommonusuallyvulgarA foolish or deceitful person.

   He's a useless shite.

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   Pull yourself together. It’s not like he’s going to break in and rape you, is it? He’s just a nasty wee shite, as they say hereabouts, a misogynistic pick-up artist who’s too cheap to use a tissue.

   2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Dorothy: Breakdown”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 272

comparative shiter · comparative more shite · superlative shitest · superlative most shite

1. IrelandUKvulgarBad; awful; shit.

   That was a shite film.

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   In the end, you find yourself […] thinking about what the Gnome said about home brew. Shite beer, he’d said, unless you add a cofactor.

   2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Anwar: Diplomat”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, pages 91–92

1. IrelandUKvulgarAn expression of annoyance or dismay.

   Shite! I left my wallet at home.

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   Shite. It’s three o’fucking clock in the afternoon!

   2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Toymaker: The Leith Police Dismisseth Us”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 33

present singular third person shites · participle present shiting · past shited · past shit · past shat · participle past shited · participle past shit · participle past shat · participle past shitten

1. IrelandScotlandUKvulgarTo defecate.

   I have eaten a dishful of curds, And I have shitten your mouth full of turds.

   2011, Douglas Bruster, Eric Rasmussen, Everyman and Mankind

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   […] it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.

   2004, Robert Morgan, Brave enemies, page 38

   He would probably have a head full of locks. Who has time to be pretty when people are hurting? Crying. Shiting on themselves trying to beat heroin.

   2007, Talonie Starr, Growth Manifesto, page 173

   Synonyms: defecate