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shitty stick

shitty stick noun: an extremely unpleasant person or situation.

Noun

shitty stick (plural shitty sticks)

  1. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) An extremely unpleasant person or situation.
    • Near-synonym: short end of the stick
    • 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
  2. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) Unkind treatment; behavior intended to provoke or repel.
    • 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

Examples of shitty stick in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:
  • 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:

Synonyms of shitty stick

Forms of shitty stick

pluralshitty sticks

Questions about shitty stick

What does shitty stick mean?
Shitty stick means an extremely unpleasant person or situation.
How do you use shitty stick in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is shitty stick?
Shitty stick is a noun.
What is the plural of shitty stick?
The plural of shitty stick is shitty sticks.

Words near shitty stick in the dictionary

  1. shittles
  2. shitton
  3. shittons
  4. shitty
  5. Shitty Kitty
  6. shitty stick
  7. shitty sticks
  8. shitty-ass
  9. shituation
  10. shituations
  11. shitwad

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