eat my shorts

/ˈiːt maɪ ˈʃɔːɹts/

eat my shorts phrase: an irreverent rebuke or dismissal.

Phrase

eat my shorts

(US, idiomatic) An irreverent rebuke or dismissal.
- Notre Dame boys greeted one another with "Eat It" to be answered by "Eat It Raw" or "Eat a Big One" or "Eat My Shorts," sometimes "Eat My Crusty Shorts."[1977, James P. Leary, The Boys from the Dome […] , page 69
- Mickey: You could be the biggest fairy of them all!
  Meat: Eat my shorts!1983, Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby, Bob Clark, Porky's II: The Next Day (motion picture)

Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend.1988, Greg Matthews, The Gold Flake Hydrant, page 232:
For instance, Bart often expresses his irreverence toward authority on "The Simpsons" by exclaiming "Eat my shorts."[1996, Douglas Rushkoff, Media Virus! […] , page 186:

Popularized by the TV series The Simpsons (1989), where it is a catchphrase of Bart Simpson.

What does eat my shorts mean?: Eat my shorts means an irreverent rebuke or dismissal.
What is eat my shorts in Indonesian?: Eat my shorts in Indonesian is makan celana pendekku. See Eat my shorts meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use eat my shorts in a sentence?: Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend.
What part of speech is eat my shorts?: Eat my shorts is a phrase.
How do you pronounce eat my shorts?: Eat my shorts is pronounced /ˈiːt maɪ ˈʃɔːɹts/.

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