Shinola
//ʃɪˈnoʊ.lə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Euphemism for shit. uncountable
"“[…]But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […]”"
Example
More examples"“[…]But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […]”"
Etymology
From the name of a brand of shoe polish with a similar colour and texture to excrement, from shine + -ola.
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