interjection

• a phrase indicating agreement or support.

  You ready to go dancing? Hell yeah!

  by Jonathan M. Scarborough, Beale Air Force Base, CA, USA, Nov 20 1997.

interjection

• exclamation of excitement or agreement. Also hot diggerty and hot diggety dog.

  Speaker: Do you want to go to the party?

  Response: Hot Diggety!

  by Alex R., Drummoyne, NSW, Australia, Dec 17 2002.

interjection

• Jesus. Used as an exclamation. Note: a bastardization of the name, most likely to prevent offending the religions.

  I got up for only a minute! Why'd you go and take my seat? Jeezum!

  by John Smith, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Jun 21 1997.

interjection

• an exclamation of shock.

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

interjection

• a sarcastic response used when someone states the obvious.

  by George P. Flinton, Dec 02 1996.

• a multi-purpose interjection used by the character Pinky from the TV cartoon Pinky and the Brain.

  Narf!

  by jess, Oct 26 2001.

interjection

• a sarcastic response used when someone states the obvious. Also duh; dur.

  Speaker: Don't run that red light.
  
  Response: No duh!

  Speaker: I bet it hurt when you got shot in the chest.
  
  Response: No duh.

  by Elizabeth W. Bromberg, Birmingham, AL, USA, Mar 08 1998.

interjection

• a sarcastic response used when someone states the obvious.

  Speaker: Don't run that red light.
  
  Response: No shit.

  Speaker: I bet it hurt when you got shot in the chest.
  
  Response: No shit.

  by Elizabeth W. Bromberg, Birmingham, AL, USA, Mar 08 1998.

interjection

• "ownage" can be used alone as an exclamation upon witnessing a stunning defeat.

  Ownage!

  by Patrick M., San Francisco, CA, USA, Nov 27 2002.

noun

• anything great, cool, awesome.

  That was ownage.

  by Gus, CA, USA, Oct 05 2002.

• an action or event in which someone was owned or someone owned another person. (That is, defeated them severely.)

  That was complete ownage!

  That shot was ownage!

  by Gus, CA, USA, Oct 05 2002.

interjection

• an expression of disbelief or surprise. See shit for more information.

  No shintock!

  by Brian U., Mt Pleasant, PA, USA, Jan 16 1998.

adjective

• bad or of poor quality.

  This music is just shit.

  This music is just crap.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• very good, excellent; COOL. Always preceded by "the" in the complimentary usage. (Does not apply to "crap.")

  I loved that movie! It was the shit.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

interjection

• used to emphasize a point or request. Also sheesh. (Usually "crap" is not used in this sense.)

  Shit, calm down.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• used to convey surprise or alarm. Also sheesh. Submitter Emily remembers Kermit The Frog, a character on the children's television program "Sesame Street," saying "sheesh." So despite its (possible) origin as a censored replacement for "shit," it's use is acceptible in polite company.

  Shit!

  Oh shit!

  Crap!

  Oh crap!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

noun

• objects.

  Who left their shit in my car?

  Who left their crap in my car?

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• feces.

  There is shit on the floor.

  There is crap on the floor.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• complaints, criticism.

  I've been getting a lot of shit from my landlord.

  I've been getting a lot of crap from my landlord.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• drugs. ("Crap" is not used to mean drugs.)

  Do you have the shit?

  This is great shit!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• a mess.

  You'll have to sit in the back seat, 'cause there's shit all over the front seat.

  You'll have to sit in the back seat, 'cause there's crap all over the front seat.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• nothing.

  There ain't shit going on.

  by Sam A., Kokomo, IN, USA, Aug 24 2002.

• stuff.

  There's a lot of shit out there you don't know.

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 21 2002.

verb

• to defecate.

  I need to shit.

  I need to crap.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to attempt to deceive; LIE TO. (Does not apply to "crap.")

  That watch is yours? You're shitting me!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to be good. See the shit.

  That party was shittin' last night.

  by CO-CO k., Atlantic City, NJ, USA, Oct 21 2001.

notes

• also shiznit, shiz. Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted above. See also no shit.

  by Russell T., Austin, TX, USA, Nov 05 1997.

• Folk etymology: An abbreviation used in maritime slang years ago. "SHIT" was painted on the sides of ships manure as an acronym for "Ship High In Transit." The methane released by the manure caused the ship to float high on the water.

  by fleetadmiralmyracle, Decaturville, TN, USA, Jul 13 2005.

interjection

• an exclamation of surprise or disappointment; DAMN, DARN, SHIT.

  Snap! I forgot my homework!

  by Matt McNier, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Oct 23 1997.

• an exclamation in response to someone getting insulted.

  Oh, snap!

  by katie B., Mar 15 2000.

• a general exclamation.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 03 2009.

intransitive verb

• to go insane.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 03 2009.

verb

• to masturbate.

  by Scott McNabney, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, Nov 06 1997.

• to become enraged; FREAK OUT.

  The man was ready to snap after the accident.

  by joel, Naugatuck, CT, USA, May 24 2002.

interjection

• an expression of affirmation. Alternative pronunciation of true that.

  Speaker: He's hot!
  
  Response: True dat.

  by Happy G., Blackshear, GA, USA, Nov 08 1997.

• a question of fact.

  I hear you broke up with your boy. True dat?

  by Elizabeth, NJ, USA, Apr 02 1998.

interjection

• an expression of excitement or joy, used mostly by computer aficionados. Also spelled w00t. (That is - using zeroes rather than oh's.) Typically the "w" is written in lower case. Though the term was originally limited to use on the Internet, it is now used in speech.

  I just finished making my game modification. w00t!

  by Norm, Ft Worth, TX, USA, Dec 20 2001.

origin

• Among other etymologies, in Dungeons and Dragons and similar games, "woot" may be a contraction of "wow, loot." "Loot" is valuable items that defeated mosters leave behind.

  by Tim R., Jul 08 2009.

interjection

• seriously.

  Word, word, that's how it happened.

  by Joe Gallo, Washington, DC, USA, Feb 09 1998.

• a statement of agreement. Also word up.

  Speaker: I'm going to the movies tonight, dawg - you want to go?
  
  Response: Word!

  by Slink, FL, USA, Apr 02 1998.

• When used as a question, equivalent to "Are you serious?"

  Speaker: I met Michael Jackson!
  
  Response: Word?

  by Jasmine, Washington Twp, NJ, USA, Dec 06 2002.