Meanings
plural shitlists
- vulgarA group of people held in contempt or targeted for revenge, etc.
[J]unkies generally showed up to tell her which other junkies were doing the ripping off and the boasting. Sherri put their names down on her shit list.
1981, Philip K. Dick, VALIS2 more examples
“Gerald,” he said, trying to keep his voice steady, “if you countermand these recommendations I’ll have to go to everybody and tell them about Bullock’s shit-list that you did nothing about.”
1961, Bernard Malamud, A New LifeThis afternoon, as Paul Ryan arrived at the White House to tell Donald Trump that he did not have the votes to pass the American Health Care Act, there were reports that the President’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, had advised his boss to keep a “shit list” of all the Republicans who opposed the bill.
2017 March 24, “The G.O.P.’s Health-Care Failure: First Thoughts”, in The New Yorker
present singular third person shitlists · participle present shitlisting · participle past shitlisted · past shitlisted
- transitivevulgarTo place on a shitlist.
He refused to pay the protection money, so he's been shitlisted.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From shit + list, by analogy with hit list.
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