Shitbox
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting item. colloquial, derogatory, vulgar
"My house is a shitbox."
- 2 An old and decrepit automobile. colloquial, derogatory, vulgar
"What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed."
- 3 A contemptible person. colloquial, derogatory, vulgar
"The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are represented by a loathsome pack of suburban shitboxes who compare their campsite to On Golden Pond with Peter Fonda (it's a joke, get it?)."
Example
More examples"Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.”"
Etymology
From shit + box.
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