cesspit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cesspit
First recorded in 1860–65; cess(pool) + pit 1
Example Sentences
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“I frankly wouldn’t pay any attention to anything that Elon Musk puts on that cesspit of his called X,” O’Leary told the host.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
As one editor who has retired from this space put it: “the sheer … tiredness that the entire topic area … elicits in me. It’s a cesspit of battleground behavior.”
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023
Mr. Davis then turned around and threw a rope at the weapons specialist who was stuck in the cesspit.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Likewise, what we romanticize as “inner life” can actually be a cesspit.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
There was one latrine per prison block—really just a row of holes cut in boards that sat over the cesspit.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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