shitty stick

plural shitty sticks

1. derogatoryslangvulgarAn extremely unpleasant person or situation.

   Near-synonym: short end of the stick

   3 more examples

   As I hear it from guys who flew with him, he was a shitty stick and could barely hack it in his first A-4 squadron.

   2000, Bud Jones, Snake, Rolling in Hot, →ISBN, page 179

   And although I did not know this at the time, it's also the shitty stick of philology, the course that no one wants to teach.

   2012, John Barlow, Everything But the Squeal: A year pigging out in Northern Spain

   But something tells me your life here wasn't good. So while you're standing there carrying guilt you shouldn't and feeling sorry for me and my brother, maybe you should stop and think about the fact that we apparently got the better end of this shitty stick.

   2015, Virginia Cavanaugh, Worth Fighting For, →ISBN

   Synonyms: short end of the stick

2. derogatoryslangvulgarUnkind treatment; behavior intended to provoke or repel.

   Yeah, I'll be there, fighting the girls off with a shitty stick.

   2012, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners: The Complete Scripts with Added Extras, →ISBN, page 137

   4 more examples

   And it's best to appear to be poking them with the far end of a shitty stick in case any of their 'not cool' rubs off, and they can smell it off you when you get back to Soho.

   2009, Dara O Briain, Tickling the English, →ISBN

   While this was happening, Juan Carlos lay on his back unconscious as I gave him two tremendous punches to each eyebrow so each time he looks in a mirror he will remember not to take a shitty stick to the lone Brit.

   2010, Christopher Chance, Satan's Arena, →ISBN

   I'd never, ever cheated. I'd been on the other end of that shitty stick and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

   2014, Jen Frederick, Unraveled, →ISBN

   Then, to lighten the moment, and poke a shitty stick at Henry, he said, 'And how is the lovely Alison?'

   2014, Nick Oldham, Low Profile, →ISBN