单词 | shitcan |
释义 | shitcann. coarse slang (chiefly North American). 1. Originally Military. A dustbin; a waste-paper basket. Also figurative (cf. shitcan v. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1948 Amer. Speech 23 38/2 Shit can, any garbage can. 1969 K. Reed Armed Camps i. 29 It's like a rat staring out at you from a turned-over shitcan. 1997 L. K. Truscott Heart of War 42 It would be hard as hell for me..to throw the whole damn thing in the shitcan and pretend that somehow dollars are more important than the lives. 2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 51 I vomited into the shitcan and the room erupted in cheers. 2. A chamber pot; a toilet. Cf. can n.1 5. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory closet1496 water closet1736 water closet1747 throne room1787 W.C.1815 netty1825 convenience1841 Johnny1847 lavabo1852 restrooma1856 small room1858 cloakroom1865 lavatory1874 bathroom1883 toilet1886 can1900 place1902 lav1913 washroom1919 head1920 lavvy1922 dike1923 smallest room1930 John1931 khazi1932 loo1940 biffy1942 Wa1953 shitcan1954 commode1958 cludgie1961 1954 B. Frechtman tr. J. Genet Thief's Jrnl. 95 They would wake us up early in the morning to empty the shit can. 1992 D. A. Hodgman Deathride 146 When I was in the shitcan a few minutes ago, you called Berea and had him check on Johnny. 2006 Gizmodo (Nexis) 13 Oct. A company that's established quite a bit of credibility in the shitcan and stench-killing business. Heck, Toto makes the $5700 Neorest 600 toilet using similar deodorizing tech. 3. A cheap, dilapidated, or poor-quality conveyance. Cf. shitbox n. at shit n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1971 L. Bangs in Who put Bomp! Fall 67 Blasting down the streets in a souped-up shitcan with some zit-grinnin buddies drinkin the cheapest wine you could find. 1989 M. C. Smith Polar Star i. ii. 13 We spend five months on this oceangoing shitcan for that one day in port. 1998 W. Becker Link (2000) 16 The small plane ricocheted..in the turbulent uprisings of warm savanna air. ‘I always thought it was helicopters you hated.’.. ‘It was..until I hopped inside this sorry shitcan.’ 2010 R. Wilber Rum Point lv. 215 It was hard, driving a rental—a little shitcan that was the only car they had available. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shitcanv. coarse slang (chiefly North American). 1. a. transitive. To dismiss or discharge (a person) from a position; to fire. Cf. can v.3 3a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1961 J. Peacock Valhalla iii. 65 Soon's I fuck up enough to get shitcanned you'll take over the company as gunnery sarjint. 1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City 149 You think I won't shitcan you because you worked for the Old Man. 1998 Esquire Mar. 112/2 I got my first union card in 1981, the year Ronald Reagan shit-canned the air-traffic controllers. 2007 J. Ferris And then we came to End i. i. 29 I took them out of his office when he got shitcanned and brought them down to mine. b. transitive. To reject or put a stop to. Cf. can v.3 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus i. v. 100 Chances are, he's having a go-round with some editor out there who's just shit-canned one of his articles. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xxii. 460 I'm probably going to shit-can the program, 'cause I don't think it's worth the money. 1997 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 332/3 In court, the cases are often ‘shitcanned’, in the parlance of the district attorney, meaning they are thrown out of court. 2003 L. Block Small Town 197 We've got all this publicity, why would we want to shitcan it [sc. the name]? 2. transitive. To discard, throw away. ΚΠ 1962 A. Austin Nonstand. Lang. Naval Air Force (Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Florida) 54 Shit can, to throw something away. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere iii. 30 You rip up them pictures and shitcan the negatives and I won't tell Johnny Stomp you fingered him on the squeeze. 2004 B. Bates Scavengers 21 He took the film with him, intending to shitcan it, but he was heading away from the business district, where all the trashbins were. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948v.1961 |
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