# "... is the shit."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 14, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547 "2002-04-14T06:27:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547/21 "2002-04-16T01:14:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by waterj2 \*  
> \*\*And around this area, “pisser” has long been a positive thing. \*\*

That’s pronounced “pissah.” 😉

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547/22 "2002-04-16T02:41:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by EasyPhil \*  
> \*\*Well when something or someone isn’t good they “ain’t shit” so it would stand to reason that if something was good it would be “the shit”.  
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Point of order … Faulty logic.

When one says: **"You ain’t shit."**

What one is actually saying is: **"By any and all comparisons, you have qualities which, when compared to fecal remains, fall below said standard of fecalocity. In essence, you aren’t _even_ shit, metaphorically speaking, of course."**

So you can see why they shortened it.

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547/23 "2002-04-16T12:55:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \*  
> What one is actually saying is: **"By any and all comparisons, you have qualities which, when compared to fecal remains, fall below said standard of fecalocity. In essence, you aren’t _even_ shit, metaphorically speaking, of course."**

That is soooo much cooler than, “You ain’t shit.”

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shit/103547/24 "2002-04-16T13:24:47Z")

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It’s like bollocks, which is the exact opposite of top bollocks, or the dog’s bollocks.

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