shitstock

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British, Multicultural London English, Southern, Standard/ˈʃɪtstɔk//ˈʃɪtstɑk/

noun

A listed company with poor business makeup.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounshitstock (plural shitstocks)

plural shitstocks

  1. derogatoryslangvulgarbusinessA listed company with poor business makeup.

    Kukekov is now at Paulson, home of many bioturd shitstocks.

    2018, “Re-Up from 2018: Kalem, Kukekov and the Dodgy Reverse Merger in Eden Prairie, MN. (NMTC)”, in BuyersStrike!, published 21 January 2021, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022
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    Dollar bloodbath nears dot-com level as many shitstocks go to zero.

    2018 June 13, lostmsu, “Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero”, in Hacker News, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2018

    I guess buying gold is better than YOLOing in to the shotcoins and shitstocks all the naive droolers are piling in to

    2024 April 5, Hank, “Millennials Rush to Buy $2,300 Gold Bars at Costco”, in Mishtalk, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2024

    Shitcoins and Shitstocks(some SPACs) do allow of a legal way to "give" others money through the transfer of value in a way that is technically legal. This again is not crypto specific though.

    2026 February 23, carshodev, “Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran”, in Hacker News, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skitiz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skiti
  3. Proto-West Germanic*skittjā
  4. Old Englishsċitte
  5. Old English*sċite
  6. Middle Englishschite
  7. Englishshit
  8. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  9. Old Englishstocc
  10. Middle Englishstok
  11. Englishstock
  12. Englishshitstock

From shit + stock.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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