the shit

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

(slang, vulgar) Something considered to be excellent or the best of its kind.
Synonym: the bomb

That movie was the shit!
- 2015, Teresa D. Patterson, Wolf in the Pulpit, page 194:
  At least he isn't butt-ass ugly. He was probably the shit during his time. Look at him in his multi-colored, polyester suit. He's sharper than a tack.
- 2024 March 12, @The_Ghosted, Twitter‎^[1]:
  'Evolve' by Imagine Dragons is the shit. Never gets old

Translations

something considered to be excellent

Finnish: se juttu, ihan paras
French: tuerie (fr) f, de la balle, de la bombe
Polish: zajebisty (pl)
Russian: пизде́ц (ru) m (pizdéc), заеби́сь (ru) (zajebísʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: mrak (sh) m
Swedish: skitbra grej c

See also

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English the shit.

Noun

(colloquial) the shit
- 2016, Katrine Wiedemann, Ved gudernes bord, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Danmark er the shit.
  Denmark is the shit.
- 2016, Marie Duedahl, Snestorm i April, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
  August sidder og læser i en bog uden at lægge mærke til, at hans søster er the shit på banen lige nu.
  August is sitting, reading in a book, not noticing that his sister is the shit on the field right now.
- 2015, Nikolaj Albrectsen, Mikkel Kjer Parlo, Bæstet: Mikkel Parlo fortæller om sit liv i MMA-buret, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Der kommer jo en ny prokæmper ind ad døren hver eneste dag og synes, at han selv er the shit.
  After all, a new professional fighter enters through the door every single day who thinks that he himself is the shit.