shitty English · revision 10406

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1924|origins=en shit}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈʃɪti/ ''(UK)''; /ˈʃɪti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[shit]] with the suffix [[-y]];^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(RHWU) the older adjective was shitten.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Defiled with excrement: 1924.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Contemptible, worthless, the sense of shitten in the OED, is from 1935.^(OED 1989) The SOED dates the sense disgusting, contemptible, awful to the early 20th century,^(SOED 2002) and the RHWU dates the word to 1940–45.^(RHWU) In American Heritage it covers very poor quality, contemptible behaviour, bad luck and feeling miserable.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1924 – soiled with excrement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1935 – contemptible.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(vulgar slang)'' Of very poor quality; [[inferior]].^(AHD)

+ # ''(vulgar slang)'' Contemptible or despicable.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # ''(vulgar slang)'' Unpleasant or unfortunate.^(AHD)

+ # ''(vulgar slang)'' Feeling miserable or unwell.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[shittiness]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[shit]]

+ * [[crappy]]

+ * [[lousy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}