Editing Shit (section)

===Displeasure===
''Shit'' can comfortably stand in for the terms ''bad'' and ''anything'' in many instances (''Dinner was good, but the movie was shit.'' ''You're all mad at me, but I didn't do shit!''). A comparison can also be used, as in ''Those pants look like shit'', or ''This stuff tastes like shit''. Many usages are [[idiom]]atic. ''I'm shit out of luck'' usually refers to someone who is at the end of their wits or who has no remaining viable options. In polite company the acronym ''SOL'' is commonly substituted for this. ''That little shit shot me in the [[Buttocks|ass]]'', suggests a mischievous or contemptuous person. Euphemisms such as ''crap'' are not usually used in this context.

The exclamations ''oh shit!'' and ''aw shit!'' are used to express displeasure or embarrassment (sometimes facetiously) with oneself when one makes a mistake, especially a stupid or avoidable mistake. When used to comment on the actions of someone else, they can take on a more humorous quality if the mistake does not result in serious consequences. ''Oh shit!'' is also a reflexive expression of horror or terror, as when witnessing or being involved in a life-threatening situation (for example, a vehicle accident).

The term ''piece of shit'' is generally used to classify a product or service as being sufficiently below the writer's understanding of generally accepted quality standards to be of negligible and perhaps even negative value. The term ''piece of shit'' has greater precision than ''shit'' or ''shitty'' in that ''piece of shit'' identifies the low quality of a specific component or output of a process without applying a derogatory slant to the entire process. For example, if one said "The youth orchestra has been a remarkably successful initiative. The fact that the orchestra's recent rendition of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony in B minor was pretty much a piece of shit should not in any way detract from this." The substitution of ''shit'' or ''shitty'' for ''pretty much a piece of shit'' would imply irony and would therefore undermine the strength of the statement.

The phrase "(I don't) give a shit" can be used when one does not care about something, or has a passive attitude toward said thing, as it denotes [[Apathy|indifference]]. In context, one can say: "You're offended? Well, I don't give a shit!" or "You're telling me? Go find somebody who gives a shit." President [[Richard Nixon]] said to aide [[H.R. Haldeman]] while being tape recorded in the [[Oval Office]], "I don't give a shit about the lira." He meant he was too busy managing the [[Watergate affair]] to consider a crisis in the Italian monetary system.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cockburn |first1=Alexander |title=What a silly bugger Coming to your record shop soon – Richard Nixon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1999/aug/15/featuresreview.review|work=The Guardian|date=14 August 1999|access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105151059/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1999/aug/15/featuresreview.review |url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''shit list'' is a category of people who are in ill favor with some individual or group of people, perhaps as the managers of a company, and likely to be the targets of special treatment.

The phrase "take shit" means to receive bad or frivolous treatment from someone. Such an abused person might say "I'm not taking any more of your shit!" to indicate that they will no longer tolerate such treatment.

''Whale shit''{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} is sometimes used to describe a person who inspires displeasure or disgust, as in: "You're lower than whale shit at the bottom of the ocean!"

“You can’t polish shit” is a popular aphorism roughly equivalent to "putting [[Lipstick on a pig]]" (although "a turd" is more commonly used). However, the TV show ''Mythbusters'' showed that a person can, in fact, polish a turd.