Shitpost

//ˈʃɪtpoʊst// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worthless or superficially meaningless post on a message board, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform, often intended to derail or distract from relevant conversation. Internet, derogatory, vulgar

    "BTW, that was an extremely annoying SHITpost. If you want to send people ecrypted messages why don't you try direct e-mail?"

  2. 2
    A poor quality and controversial Internet post wordnet
  3. 3
    A seemingly worthless or superficially meaningless image, video or piece of text posted to a social media platform that is intended to be humorously or ironically enjoyed. Internet, humorous, vulgar
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a shitpost. Internet, derogatory, vulgar

    "I agree with you. No moderated group. But I still think we have to get all that shitposting out of the group. Ignoring them is ok, not crossposting too (deleting the other recipients), but what do we do with the rec.football and skaterpeople if they go further with crossposting to this group? Do I have to set a filter for every moron (like buddy)?"

Example

More examples

"Tom loves to shitpost in his spare time."

Etymology

From shit + -post.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.