shithole

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shithole

/ˈʃɪt.hoʊl/

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Compound of shit + hole.

noun shitholes · —hole · ----hole · s—hole · s---hole · s***hole

derogatory, literally, vulgar The anus. "You know," he said at last, "I wish you'd just look how that little dog's shithole opens up every time he barks."
derogatory, literally, vulgar A wretched or despicable person. . "What a sorry-looking son-of-a-bitch," said one of the officers. "We aren't going to win this war with shitholes like this out there."
derogatory, literally, vulgar A hole into which one defecates or dumps excrement. Perhaps Derrida is recalling Rembrandt's drawing Abraham's Sacrifice. If this is the work of art, why "tear it to pieces" (dechirer) and ram it down the shithole? Is Abraham, father of the Jewish faith, a shit, perhaps the shit that the System proper must flush away?
derogatory, figuratively, literally, vulgar A very dirty, poor, and unpleasant place. Isn't it enough I sit in this shithole week after week?— wanting to go home and knowing there's not a damn thing to go home to?
Similar: pisshole
derogatory, figuratively, literally, vulgar A dysfunctional state. God is pulling me up and up and away from this shithole of a life, and as I get pulled up through the water I think, Mum and Dad, I'll miss you.

Similar: shitpit

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Similar: shitpit

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noun dirty or unpleasant place

Español	cuchitril, antro, cagadero, pocilga
Português	muquifo
Français	trou à rats, trou paumé
Deutsch	Dreckloch
Ελληνικά	κωλόμερος kolómeros
Русский	воню́чая дыра́ vonjúčaja dyrá, жо́па žópa, сра́ная дыра́ sránaja dyrá, говённая дыра́ govjónnaja dyrá, дерьмо́вая дыра́ derʹmóvaja dyrá
עברית	חור khor, מזבלה mizbalá

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@misc{shithole_2026,
  title = {shithole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shithole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}