shithouse

American  

[shit-hous] / ˈʃɪtˌhaʊs /

noun

Slang: Vulgar.

plural

shithouses

1. a privy; outhouse.

2. a terrible, filthy, poor, or low-quality thing or place (often used attributively): The studio will keep churning out shithouse sequels as long as people buy tickets to see them.

   Ugh, you wouldn’t believe the rat-infested shithouse she was living in.

   The studio will keep churning out shithouse sequels as long as people buy tickets to see them.

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idioms

1. be built like a brick shithouse, (of a person) to be big, solid, or muscular.

   The other guy in the fight was built like a brick shithouse.

Etymology

Origin of shithouse

First recorded in 1910–15; shit + house

Example Sentences

Shithouse Rated R. First rule of college: Drink water before passing out.

From New York Times

From a summary, the movie — which Raiff wrote and directed, in his feature debut — doesn’t sound especially daring, except maybe to my editors, who have agreed to print its title, “Shithouse.”

From New York Times

The narrative feature competition award went to Cooper Raiff’s “Shithouse,” while the documentary feature competition award went to Katrine Philp’s “An Elephant in the Room.”

From Los Angeles Times

His first memorable phrase was his threat to wipe out terrorists “even if they’re in the shithouse”, and within weeks he had launched a terrifying war against separatists in Chechnya that would leave tens of thousands of civilians dead.

From The Guardian

Welcome to the shithouse of fun!

From The Guardian