Meanings
- colloquialslangvulgarSomething considered to be excellent or the best of its kind.
That movie was the shit!
2 more examples
At least he isn't butt-ass ugly. He was probably the shit during his time. Look at him in his multi-colored, polyester suit. He's sharper than a tack.
2015, Teresa D. Patterson, Wolf in the Pulpit, page 194'Evolve' by Imagine Dragons is the shit. Never gets old
2024 December 3, @The_Ghosted, TwitterSynonyms: the bomb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething considered to be excellent or the best of its kind.
Origin
Probably a vulgar version of the bomb. Attested since the 1970s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish se juttu, ihan paras
- se juttusomething considered to be excellent
- ihan parassomething considered to be excellent
French tuerie, de la balle
- tueriesomething considered to be excellent
- de la ballesomething considered to be excellent
- de la bombesomething considered to be excellent
German Hammer
- Hammersomething considered to be excellent
Italian la Madonna, Gesù Cristo
- la Madonnasomething considered to be excellent
- Gesù Cristosomething considered to be excellent
- stocazzosomething considered to be excellent
Polish odlot
- odlotsomething considered to be excellent
Russian классный, обалденный
- классный (klassnyj)something considered to be excellent
- обалденный (obaldennyj)something considered to be excellent
- офигенный (ofigennyj)something considered to be excellent
Swedish skitbra grej
- skitbra grejsomething considered to be excellent
Cite this entry
the shit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20shit
“the shit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20shit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the shit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20shit.
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