shitstorm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shitstorm
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; shit ( def. ) + storm ( def. )
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With the rest of the Trumpian shitstorm that slams you in the face every day, Roy Moore probably just slipped out of the old brainpan: Roy chasing teenage girls around Alabama malls, putting up stone monuments engraved with the Ten Commandments, getting fired as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for defying the U.S.
From Salon
An anonymous diplomatic source told Foreign Policy that Aro’s anti-Trump posts, “created a shitstorm of getting her unceremoniously kicked off the list. I think it was absolutely the wrong decision on so many levels.”
From Salon
It’s sickening and embarrassing … my life has become a complete shitstorm of someone else’s utter delusion.”
From The Guardian
Fortunately, the US PGA tour has spared itself the ultimate shitstorm, which would have been the event having been long-scheduled to take place at a course owned by apocalypse-beckoning US presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
From The Guardian
His flight landed in Baltimore, he disembarked…and walked right into a media shitstorm.
From Salon
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