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I shit you not

I shit you not phrase: synonym of I kid you not (Used to insist that one is telling the truth).

Phrase

I shit you not

  1. (vulgar) Synonym of I kid you not (Used to insist that one is telling the truth)
    • “What’sa matter?” Mudgen asked. “Ain’t you ever seen snow before?” But he couldn't keep himself from going over to the door. “Well I shit you not it is snowing!”1954, Robert James Collas Lowry, “Casualty”, in Happy New Year, Kamerades!, Doubleday & Company, page 106
    Synonyms:
    I kid you not

Synonyms of I shit you not

Origin of I shit you not

Earliest known use is from 1949 in Dan Levin's Mask of Glory.

Questions about I shit you not

What does I shit you not mean?
I shit you not means synonym of I kid you not (Used to insist that one is telling the truth).
What part of speech is I shit you not?
I shit you not is a phrase.

Words near I shit you not in the dictionary

  1. I see London, I see France
  2. I see what you did there
  3. I see you
  4. I see, said the blind man
  5. I shiggy diggy
  6. I shit you not
  7. I should coco
  8. I should cocoa
  9. I spy
  10. I spy with my little eye
  11. I stand corrected

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