shitbox
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shitbox (plural shitboxes)
- (colloquial, vulgar) A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting item.
- My house is a shitbox.
- 2010, Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick:
- Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.”
- (colloquial, vulgar) An old and decrepit automobile.
- Synonyms: jalopy, shitheap; see also Thesaurus:old car
- 2016, Kaleido Motoring, “2002 Kia Spectra: Regular Car Reviews”, in YouTube[1]:
- What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A contemptible person.
- 2002, Steven Puchalski, Slimetime: A Guide to Sleazy, Mindless Movies, page 42:
- The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are represented by a loathsome pack of suburban shitboxes who compare their campsite to On Golden Pond with Peter Fonda (it's a joke, get it?).
- 2008, Julie Mars, Anybody Any Minute, page 316:
- "You shitbox!" Ellen roared. "You piece of living shit!"
- 2012, Aaron Overfield, Veil:
- Just shy of six months before that shitbox Schaffer burst into his office, the General leaned back in his chair and entwined his meaty fingers behind his head.
- 2016, Pete Hurrey, Dragon Fire!:
- And you, shitbox, I'm not through with you by any means!