no shitint.adj.
/ˌnəʊ ˈʃɪt/, U.S. /ˌnoʊ ˈʃɪt/ slang (originally U.S.).
A. int.
1.
a. As a response expressing surprise or incredulity: ‘Is that so?’ Cf. shit n. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection]
strawc1412
tilly-vallya1529
flam-flirt1590
fiddlestick1600
fiddle-faddle1671
stuff1701
snuff1725
fudge1766
fiddlededeea1784
rats1816
havers1825
humbug1825
gammon1827
rubbish1839
pickles1846
rot1846
skittle1864
slush1869
flapdoodle1878
quatsch1907
phooey1908
tommyrot1931
balls1938
no shit1939
bollocks1940
phonus-bolonus1955
hockey1961
leave it out!1969
1939 A. C. Bessie Men in Battle 197 ‘Sure, they're going to withdraw the volunteers from Spain.’ ‘No shit,..and here I was planning to..grow up with the country.’
1970 Black World Oct. 57 ‘She's getting married next Saturday.’ ‘No shit, Bumper. Great.’
1984 P. Meyers Feedlot 34 Wesley. You really told him? Gene. Yep. Wesley. No shit?
2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 80 No shit? News to me. Okay. She didn't say anything about that.
b. As a sarcastic response to an obvious or banal statement, esp. (with allusion to fictional detectives) in no shit, Sherlock (also no shit, Dick Tracy): ‘that's obvious,’ ‘you don't say’.
ΚΠ
1966 N. Hentoff Call Keeper xi. 58 I..explained what the series was all about... ‘It may show people they're not as different from everybody else as they thought.’ ‘No shit! Imagine that.’
1969 D. Shetzline Heckletooth 3 vii. 140 I want you to know Mech, that you've got one hell of alot more brains than me, no shit Dick Tracy.
1976 L. Neal Glorious Monster in Bell of Horn (typescript) i. 11 Dickie. What else happens in Sonny's tale? Shammy. You're a glutton for punishment... Dickie. No shit?
1976 C. Durden No Bugles, no Drums 222 ‘Ah ain't so sure we a-goan to win.’ ‘No shit, Sherlock.’
1978 G. Guare Landscape of Body (2008) i. 13 Holahan. I hate you, baby. Betty. No shit, Dick Tracy.
1984 N. Kazan Blood Moon ii. 78 Alan. You hemorrhaged. Manya. Yeah, some. Gregory. Isn't that dangerous? Manya. No shit, Sherlock.
2006 I. Pantano & M. McConnell Warlord v. 111 The instructors had told us that ensuring stability ‘might’ sometimes mean dominating the Iraqi population with overwhelming force. No shit, Dick Tracy.
2010 J. Heywood Shadow of Wolf Tree lii. 277 ‘I'm not good at walking away.’ ‘No shit, Sherlock.’
2. As an affirmation of one's own statement: ‘that's the truth’.
ΚΠ
1948 N. Cassady Let. July (2005) 91 From what I can understand of them your doldrums are fine... No shit, now Allen I can understand more than you can.
a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 25 It's a surprise party which rocks house (small rose-covered cottage actually and no shit, next to a rickety grocery store).
1971 C. Bukowski Post Office (2000) i. xii. 32 ‘They found him opening letters down at the soak-box, taking money out.’ ‘No shit?’ ‘No shit. They caught him in cold daylight.’
1978 T. O'Brien Going after Cacciato xxxix. 264 No shit, I seen hamsters with more feelings.
1984 P. Meyers Feedlot 34 Billy Fred. He said it was a good idea to talk things over every once in a while. Wesley. No shit? Billy Fred. No shit.
B. adj. (attributive).
Genuine; without elaboration or extraneous elements, no-frills.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > authentic
authentica1387
authentical1534
no shit1972
1972 C. Buchanan Maiden iii. 36 Biscuit's snore sounded like cards shuffled in a ‘no shit’ (like they said) poker game.
1994 Rolling Stone 25 Aug. 88/2 He's rarely strayed too far from his basic schematics of country-tinged folk pop and no-shit fuzz rock.
2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon li. 795 One more [kill], and he'd be a no-shit fighter ace.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
int.adj.1939