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Definition of SHTF

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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':

Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out".
Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal".
Definitions include: acronym for "toilet paper."
Definitions include: acronym for signal-to-noise ratio.
Definitions include: acronym for "out of the box".
Definitions include: acronym for "word of the day".
Definitions include: acronym for "not gonna lie" i.e. "not going to lie".
Definitions include: online chatting acronym for "age, sex, location?"
Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
Definitions include: acronym for "heard through".
Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people's", used in electronic communication.
Definitions include: an emphatic "Okay," via a doubled "k".
Definitions include: acronym for "I Don't Believe You."
Definitions include: acronym for "to my knowledge".

Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':

Definitions include: something especially bad.
Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person.
Definitions include: fraught with difficulty.
Definitions include: probably.
Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool".
Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with.
Definitions include: a short amount of time.
Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome.
Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
Definitions include: to acquire.
Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.
Definitions include: a small problem.
Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: too difficult.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'fan':

Definitions include: a male fan devoted to a particular thing.
Definitions include: "fan" + "fiction".
Definitions include: fan fiction is a genre of fiction stories written about celebrities, or a story using the celebrities names and certain personality traits.
Definitions include: emphatic way of saying "fantastic."
Definitions include: the roasting of cosplayers over an open fire.
Definitions include: This describes rabid, young female fans of phenomena such as boy bands and stars.
Definitions include: A list of enemies a person plans to address when "it" hits the fan (SHTF), after the collapse of society and law enforcement is no longer there to enforce the laws.
Definitions include: a fan-produced magazine for other fans (of a music band, etc.)
Definitions include: to go wrong.
Definitions include: A phrase that means there's going to be some serious trouble
Definitions include: trouble about to begin.
Definitions include: "something bad happened."

Other terms relating to 'hit':

Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance.
Definitions include: extremely ugly
Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
Definitions include: see home run.
Definitions include: to rob somebody or win a large amount of money gambling.
Definitions include: see touchdown.
Definitions include: to respond to an insult or criticism with the same.
Definitions include: See hit back.
Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life.
Definitions include: to travel on the highway or interstate.
Definitions include: to have sex.
Definitions include: to have sex with a person and then stop seeing that person.
Definitions include: to get along well.
Definitions include: to have unprotected sex.
Definitions include: it refers to a music, drinking, smoking or anything you can do.

Other terms relating to 'shit':

Definitions include: to act superior.
Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink.
Definitions include: used to emphasize the preceding statement.
Definitions include: crazy.
Definitions include: "very".
Definitions include: offensive shade of yellow
Definitions include: a despicable person.
Definitions include: very crazy.
Definitions include: to beat severely.
Definitions include: to beat severely.
Definitions include: foul-smelling loose stools experienced the day after heavy drinking.
Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
Definitions include: extremely bored.
Definitions include: to make a person extremely bored.
Definitions include: a large muscular person.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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