shit show

See also: shitshow

English

From shit +‎ show. First use appears c. 1976. See cite below.

shit show (plural shit shows)

(slang, vulgar) A messy situation, especially involving drunkenness and partying.
Synonym: crapshow
- 1976, Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, page 410:
  There is that swine again. We don't want this shit-show any longer...
- 1999, Jamie Harrison, An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence: a Blue Deer mystery, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 330:
  I was too busy helping Laura clean up for this shit show.
- 2003, Aironius French, The Adventures of Waiterman, Lord of the Restaurant Jungle, Trafford Publishing, vol. 1, no. 1, →ISBN, page 186:
  The primary cause of the customer directed apathy was the servers' preoccupations with getting drunk and creating a script for the nightly shit show.
- 2008, Thomas Holland, KIA: A Dr. Kel McKelvey Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 12:
  Things can't possibly be so bad at work that you'd volunteer for another trip to this shit show.
(slang, vulgar) A situation characterized by chaos, confusion, or incompetence.
Synonym: (US) hot mess

Coordinate term: shitstorm