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taxonomy | shithouse |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and shithouse

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while shithouse is an outside toilet, an outhouse.

As an adjective shithouse is

of poor quality.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    shithouse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar, colloquial) An outside toilet, an outhouse.
  • (British, vulgar, metonymy, pejorative) One who is afraid of a certain challenge or scared.

    • Synonyms

    * (outside toilet) outhouse, thunderbox * (sense) chicken (US), shit, piece of shit, crap

    Derived terms

    * brick shithouse

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, colloquial) Of poor quality.
  • * 2005 , Eckhard Otto Hardy Marthen, Otto , iUniverse, page 334,
    • The stupefied bus driver kept ranting and raving at him. “You could have been stuffed, mate! Once the water splits it would have been the most shithouse moment in your life, and the last one! This beach is for crocs only!”
  • * 2010 , , From This Side of Things , unnumbered page,
    • The story goes that when she applied for the job, they were fearful of hiring her because she was ‘much more shithouse than them’. I cannot imagine anyone being worse than those two but she did give it a good go.

    References

    * Online Etymology Dictionary - entry shit [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shit&searchmode=none] English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs