dipshit

English

Etymology

Compound of dip (“foolish person”) +‎ shit. First attested in c. 1960s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪpʃɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dipshit (plural dipshits)

1. (slang, offensive or derogatory, vulgar) A stupid, obnoxious or undesirable person.

   That guy at work is such a dipshit!

   • 1967, Robin Moore, The Country Team, page 88:

     "First place, I never trust them little dipshit street boys," Barton growled.

   • 2016 March 13, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Encryption”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 5, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     But here’s something you should know: we’re barely one step ahead of hackers at all times that when you idiots lose your phone, your information doesn’t wind up the hands of guys like Gary.
     Hey, I’m Gary. Thanks for losing your phone, dipshit.

   • 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 December 2022:

     Just saying, I'm sure a lot of republican dipshits like to watch it, and personally even if I do have an IUD I'm not gonna risk my life and health unless I get paid enough to fly across (or leave) the country for a safe and legal abortion.

   • 2022, “Emails I Can't Send”, performed by Sabrina Carpenter:

     Don't think I'll find forgiveness as fast as mom did
     And God, I love you, but you're such a dipshit

Derived terms

• dipshidiot
• dipshittery
• dipshitty

 

Related terms

• dipstick

Translations

stupid or undesirable person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻屄 (zh) (shǎbī)

• Danish: idiot (da) c
• French: glandu (fr) m, tête de nœud (fr) f, trou du cul (fr) m, trouduc (fr) m
• German: Blödmann (de) m, Volldepp m, Arschloch (de) n, Hasenhirn n
• Hebrew: מניאק m (manyak)
• Indonesian: brengsek (id), keparat (id)
• Japanese: 糞垂れ (kusotare, kusottare), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 頓痴気 (とんちき, tonchiki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: idiot (idd-jot) m, tufs m

• Russian: говню́к (ru) m (govnjúk), хуйло́ (ru) n (xujló) недоу́мок (ru) m (nedoúmok), муда́к (ru) m (mudák), уёбок (ru) m (ujóbok), уёбище n (ujóbišče), долбоёб m (dolbojób)
• Serbo-Croatian: seronja (sh) m

unwanted or undesirable

• French: saloperie (fr) f, merde (fr) f, daube (fr) f, connerie (fr) f
• German: Kacke (de) m, Mist (de) m
• Indonesian: sampah (id), brengsek (id)
• Serbo-Croatian: sranje (sh) n
• Spanish: porquería (es) f (colloquial), coñón (es) m

See also

• dumbshit

Anagrams

• dish pit