eat shit

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Etymology 1

Verb

eat shit (third-person singular simple present eats shit, present participle eating shit, simple past ate shit, past participle eaten shit)

1. (slang, vulgar, of a person) To fall and land on one's face.

   Synonym: faceplant

   • 2009, Laura Thornhill, The Skateboarder's Journal - Lives on Board:

     Finally, for my 13th birthday, I got a skateboard — a Black Knight with those cool black urethane wheels. I cut my teeth on that board — and ate shit on it many, many times.

2. (slang, vulgar, humorous, of a person) To do something disgusting or strongly undesirable.
3. (slang, vulgar) To be soundly defeated.

   When he started insulting peoples' mothers, the bouncer made him eat shit.

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat,‎ shit.

Interjection

eat shit!

1. (idiomatic, vulgar) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.

   "I fucked your sister!" "Eat shit!"

Etymology 2

Calque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban Spanish

Verb

eat shit (third-person singular simple present eats shit, present participle eating shit, simple past ate shit, past participle eaten shit)

1. (US, slang, vulgar, chiefly Miami) To do nothing of importance; to idle.

Anagrams

• ate shit, atheist, hastite, staithe, teatish