The pits
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something miserable or unpleasant. plural, plural-only, slang
"This whole experience has been the pits."
- 2 any place of pain and turmoil wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"This whole experience has been the pits."
Etymology
Theorized to be a shortened form of armpits, i.e., somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable. First use appears c. 1953. See cite below.