shitbox

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shitbox

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From shit + box.

noun shitboxes

colloquial, derogatory, vulgar A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting place or item. My house is a shitbox.
colloquial, derogatory, vulgar An old and decrepit automobile. What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed.
Similar: jalopy, shitheap, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie
colloquial, derogatory, vulgar A contemptible person. The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are represented by a loathsome pack of suburban shitboxes who compare their campsite to On Gold

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noun An old and decrepit automobile; a jalopy

한국어	똥차 ttongcha
Français	poubelle, épave

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@misc{shitbox_2026,
  title = {shitbox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shitbox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}