shitpost

English

Etymology

shit +‎ -post

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪtpoʊst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪtpəʊst/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: shit‧post

Noun

shitpost (plural shitposts)

1. (Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) A worthless or superficially meaningless post on a message board, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform. Often with the intended effect of derailing or otherwise distracting from relevant conversation.
   • 1994 July 16, Psyched, “RE:pbmtofig1.0.tar.Z”, in comp.graphics‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-01-11, message-ID <925.47617813.InfoPort@infoport.com>:

     BTW, that was an extremely annoying SHITpost. If you want to send people ecrypted messages why don't you try direct e-mail?

   • 1996 October 29, BINKy [username], “Re: I'm getting bored”, in alt.life.sucks‎^[2] (Usenet):

     How is it, all you *would be* flame *specialists*, have to bring a sexual dimension into your shitpost.

   • 2001 January 27, Eddie, “But this is better”, in alt.tv.simpsons‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Every time you see a "here's how to get rich" shitpost, put some cash in the bank. After 6 months, marvel at how much you've suddenly managed to save.....

   • 2008 November 12, CHUCK_key, “Re: 145 days of Nostra”, in alt.music.judas-priest‎^[4] (Usenet):

     It'll make the newsgroups much easier to navigate when you don't see shitposts all over the place.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shitpost.
2. (Internet slang, humorous) A seemingly worthless or superficially meaningless image, video or piece of text posted to a social media platform that is intended to be humorously or ironically enjoyed.

Synonyms

• trashpost
• funpost

Antonyms

• effortpost

Translations

a worthless online post

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢文／废文 (fèiwén)

• Esperanto: fekafiŝo
• Finnish: paskapostaus
• German: Scheißpfosten m (humorous calque)
• Japanese: クソカキコ (kusokakiko)
• Korean: 뻘글 (ppeolgeul)

Verb

shitpost (third-person singular simple present shitposts, present participle shitposting, simple past and past participle shitposted or shatposted)

1. (Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) To make such a post.
   • 1998 March 31, Christian Noli, “Re: NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES, NO!!!! Re: Making this a moderated newsgroup”, in alt.fan.kate-winslet‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-01-11, message-ID <6fqaoo$kp7$2@sibyl.sunrise.ch>:

     I agree with you. No moderated group. But I still think we have to get all that shitposting out of the group. Ignoring them is ok, not crossposting too (deleting the other recipients), but what do we do with the rec.football and skaterpeople if they go further with crossposting to this group? Do I have to set a filter for every moron (like buddy)?

   • 2002 July 26, Patrick Heinze, “Re: OT -- Posting”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike‎^[6] (Usenet):

     Maybe you should read the whole fucking thread before posting such crap! There are arguments against top or bottom posting...even if after reading the thread you decide to keep shitposting, you should not say its trivial!

   • 2008 January 24, Two Beans [username], “So I'm sitting here at work with nothing to do...”, in alt.slack‎^[7] (Usenet):

     ..and I'm just musing that you taxpayers in the United States are now paying me to shitpost on alt.slack.

   • 2008 July 31, eric gisse, “Re: Hypersphere: Hidden dimension”, in rec.org.mensa‎^[8] (Usenet):

     I cannot wait until summer ends and you have to go back to middle school so you no longer have time to shitpost 50 times a day.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shitpost.

Derived terms

• shitposter

Translations

make a worthless online post

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌水 (zh) (guànshuǐ)

• Finnish: paskapostata

Anagrams

• shitpots, spottish