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shinty | shitty |

As a noun shinty

is a game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

As an adjective shitty is

very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.

shinty

English

Noun

(-)
  • (sports) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

    • Synonyms

    * camanachd

    References

    * The Camanachd Association

    shitty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
    • The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.
    I'm feeling shitty today; I don't want to go out.
  • * 1988 November, Byron Coley, Underground'', '' , page 101,
    • It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.
  • * 2006 , , Nirvana: The True Story , 2009, unnumbered page,
    • The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.
  • * 2011 , Rik Leaf, Four Homeless Millionaires , page 134,
    • Halfway there we turned off the highway onto possibly the shittiest gravel road I have ever driven. In Canada, we would call it washboard; in Australia they call it corrugated, but you get the point.
  • (US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
  • (British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
    • Don't get shitty at me!
  • (vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).

    • Synonyms

    * crappy * poopy

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