pile of shit

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pile of shit (plural piles of shit)

  1. (vulgar, slang) Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).
    They said he survived the fall? What a pile of shit!
  2. (vulgar, slang) Any worthless structure or device.
    Take this pile of shit back where you bought it and get your money back.
  3. (vulgar, slang) A totally worthless person.
    • 1998, Deborah Cameron, The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 267:
      Guard: "And I'll tell you another thing. I've got a wife and three kids. And you're all a pile of shit." Prisoner: "I've got a wife and three kids." Guard: "You've what?"
    • 2010, Joe R Lansdale, Sunset and Sawdust, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 98:
      How did he think he could attract a woman when his house was a pile of shit. Hell, he was a pile of shit.
    • 2017, William C. Dietz, Bones of Empire, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, →ISBN, page 48:
      I told the civvie no, that I was a member of the Xeno Corps, and flashed my badge to prove it. That was when he asked if I could 'sense' what he was feeling, and I said no, because it's impossible to know how a pile of shit feels.

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