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▪ I. shit-eating, n. coarse slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈʃɪtˌiːtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈʃɪtˌidɪŋ|
[‹ shit n. + eating n. Compare earlier shit-eating adj.]
The eating of faeces, esp. as a form of sadomasochistic sexual activity.
1970T. Southern Blue Movie iii. vi. 174 Or how about some coprophilia? How about that, B.? We'll do the definitive cinematic treatment of shit-eating. 2000‘G. Indiana’ in Guardian (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Friday Review section) 10 The unabashedly perverse epiphanies of the cinema of shock... There is something absurdly winning about Pasolini's explanation of the shit-eating in Salo as a commentary on processed foods.
▪ II. shit-eating, a. coarse slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈʃɪtˌiːtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈʃɪtˌidɪŋ|
[‹ shit n. + eating adj.]
I. Special uses.
1. shit-eating grin n. (occas. shit-eating smile).
a. A broad grin expressing uncontrollable delight or (self-)satisfaction, esp. characterized by awareness of having got away with something normally considered outrageous or improper; (also) a consciously disarming, self-deprecating, slightly cheeky grin, often used to deflect censure or disapproval.
1957L. Giovannitti Prisoners of Combine D 37 Okay, what's the shit-eating grin for? 1958Stack A Lee (typescript, Kinsey Inst.) 1 Another bitch looked at Stack with a shit eating smile And said, dont look like you've had any for quite awhile. 1967N. Mailer Why are we in Vietnam? vii. 119 ‘I think this bear went from massive shock,’ said Big Luke, hardly able to hold back a massive shocker of a shit-eating grin. 1977M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny iii. 100/2 In a little while he looks up and there's this stud leaning up against the bars with a shit-eating grin on his face. 1988J. McInerney Story of my Life vi. 101 He's wearing his extraspecial shit-eating grin, the one that he gets after a blow job. 2000Vanity Fair May 223/3 There is a certain presence to him, a way of smiling that..his mother..jokingly calls his ‘shit-eating grin’.
b. An ingratiating, embarrassed, or uncomfortable expression, esp. as exhibited by someone undergoing a humiliating experience; a forced smile.
1990C. Hitchens in Nation 24 Dec. 794/2 Bush is there, flanked by his First Lady and by Senators Dole and Mitchell and Congressmen Foley and Michel, the last four of whom are wearing what used to be called shit-eating grins. Thus invested with the holy right to employ the word ‘bipartisan’, [etc.]. 1995Harper's Mag. Nov. 51/2 To describe the expression on Dole's face at this moment as a ‘shit-eating grin’ would be to imply that Dole is grinning; he is not. He is eating shit. And, as always, his true feelings show through: ‘I'm not perfect.’ He glares. ‘Maybe everybody here is.’ 1997Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 2 Sept. By Saturday the crowds at the 70th had dwindled into a motley assortment: T-shirted police community relations personnel standing around with shit-eating grins; groups of Hasidic Jews and Russian emigres from local neighborhoods wandering curiously along the police barricades.
II. General uses.
2. derogatory. Despicable, contemptible, worthless.
[1922E. O'Neill Hairy Ape in Hairy Ape, Anna Christie, First Man 33 I'll cut yer guts out fer a nickel, yuh lousey boob, yuh dirty, crummy, muck-eatin' son of a——.] 1960H. Selby in Provincetown Rev. 3 79 Tralala told her ta keep her shiteatin mouth shut. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight vi. 84 You're a filthy, shit-eating pig. 1983Playboy Dec. 292/3 No more Monday-night football. The season is over. No more Howard Cosell and no more of that shit-eating lunatic with the rainbow-striped Afro wig. 1996M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) xiii. 301 He's a pig. A thick shit-eating pig.
3. Relating to or engaging in the eating of faeces.
1970T. Southern Blue Movie iii. vi. 174 Or how about some coprophilia?.. I know I couldn't write a good nipple-burning scene, or a good shit-eating scene. 1986I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 18 There they go, bait-fishing, trolling for shit-eating barracouta through the surface stain that seeps up around the pipe's end. 2001New Times (Broward–Palm Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 11 Oct. Didja hear about the post-terrorism fallout that hit one band pretty fucking hard? The unfortunately named I Am the World Trade Center probably wouldn't be able to draw flies to a shit-eating contest with that handle nowadays. |