Editing Shit (section)

===Dominance===
''Shit'' can also be used to establish social superiority over someone else. The most common gibe is ''eat shit!'' (cf ''[[coprophagy]]'') expressing contempt. Some other personal word may be added such as ''eat my shit'' implying truly personal connotations. As an aside, the above is actually a contraction of the phrase ''eat shit and die!''.{{Citation needed| date=December 2011}} It is often said without commas as a curse; they command the other party to perform exactly those actions in that order. However, the term was originally ''Eat, Shit, and Die'' naming the three most basic things humans have to do, and it is common among [[soldier]]s.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

The phrase ''You ain't shit'', expresses an air of intimidation over the addressee, expressing that they mean nothing or are worthless.

''Hot shit'' can be a reference to a matter or thing of supreme importance or urgency ("This report is really hot shit!"). It can be used in adjectival form: "This memo's shit-hot!". ''Hot shit'' can also refer to a person who either overestimates his own worth or ability, or is highly estimated by others ("He thinks he's some hot shit!" or "He's one hot shit!"). In polite company the euphemism ''hotshot'' may be substituted when referring to a person.

A speaker may show dominance through arrogance using the phrase ''His shit don't stink''. Its grammatical incorrectness highlights the self-importance of the referent relative to the speaker; though ''His shit does not stink'' may come across as being more emphatic due to the mixed diction between its grammatical correctness and the [[vulgarity]] of ''shit''. This phrase conveys the haughtiness of the referent and that he considers himself beyond reproach. For example: "Those pompous assholes in Finance are the ones who ruined the company – their shit don't even stink!" A variation on this theme might be: "Everything he shits smells just like roses!"

The expression ''[[wikt:shitkicker|shitkicker]]'' can be used as a [[pejorative]] for a menial worker or other low class person. `within the world of (ii) a performer or fan of country-and-western music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shitkicker |title=Online dictionary |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629112940/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shitkicker |url-status=live }}</ref> The term shitkicker may be substituted with the less vulgar "chipkicker", as in [[Lyle Lovett]]'s song ''"Give back my heart"'' on ''[[Pontiac (album)|Pontiac]]'', where a girl in a "cowboy-looking bar" is described as a "chipkicker-redneck woman".

The word ''[[wikt:shithead|shithead]]'' is a commonly heard insult. A shithead may also be referred to as a ''shit-for-brains''. Another word for a spectacularly stupid (or contemptible) person is ''[[wikt:dipshit|dipshit]]''. [[Shithead (card game)|Shithead]] is also the name of a card game.