the shit

English

Etymology

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Noun

the shit

1. (vulgar, colloquial, slang) Something considered to be excellent or the best of its kind.

   That movie was the shit!

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

• the shits
• the tits
• cool
• the bomb

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English the shit.

Noun

the shit

1. (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.