Talk:shit factory
Latest comment: 11 years ago by -sche in topic RFV
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Enjoy. I've never seen the second definition, so I was going to make it an rfv-sense, but I figured I'd go for the whole hog. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 18:02, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- I don't enjoy citing this kind of entry, but feel duty-bound (All words in all languages!). So please check whether the definitions you RfV are attestable (you don't have to actually do the work of selecting, inserting and formatting).
- This metaphor originates from James Joyce, I think, in reference to the human body. So "shit factory" seems to have been applied to all humans, not just infants. Infants are usually "little shit factory". Dogs, cats, and horses, especially very young or old, are also referred to this way. A possible definition is "An unproductive being that requires repulsive maintenance.", which sense I claim is cited, though I haven't proven the range of application.
- I would say that the label "shit factory" applied to a business seems more SoP.
- I haven't seen the term applied to a product.
- It would be attestable that history or the world or the earth are called "shit factory", but I leave that for others. DCDuring TALK 19:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- First sense: passes.
- Second sense: fails.
- Third sense: fails as uncited, also seemed semi-SOP. - -sche (discuss) 02:01, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
- Feel free to add the "human" (i.e. "adult") sense, by the way. I tend to think it should be a separate sense, because of the way several of the citations use "shit factory" specifically to mean "infant", but IDK. - -sche (discuss) 05:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)