# Shitkicker vs. shitsquisher? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857 "2013-02-20T03:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/1 "2013-02-20T03:41:05Z")
Those of us from livestock-intensive regions have some acquaintance with one or both of these terms. I always assumed a 'squisher was the worse insult, being too dumb to kick it and instead walking right into it. 'Zat about right? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/2 "2013-02-20T04:08:32Z")
Huh. And I thought shitkickers were just a type of shoe. “Put on your shitkickers and kick some shit” as the song went… Never knew it was an insult. Never heard “shitsquisher,” either. But I don’t come from a livestock-intensive region. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/3 "2013-02-20T04:26:32Z")
Difference between a country boy and a city boy? Country boy doesn’t watch where he steps. ---
**Author:** ![Yask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/4 "2013-02-20T04:53:51Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Difference between a country boy and a city boy? Country boy doesn’t watch where he steps. It’s very important to know the difference between [shit and shinola](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bfe6CgYbH8). ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/5 "2013-02-20T05:06:06Z")
Rural Wisconsin. Never heard of a shitsquisher. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/6 "2013-02-20T05:50:28Z")
[moderating] Moved to IMHO. [/moderating] I’m from rural Montana, and used to own a small ranch. I’ve always heard shitkickers referring to boots, not people. Never heard the term shitsquisher. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/7 "2013-02-20T18:22:37Z")
Rural Georgia (US) upbringing, uncle raised cattle . Add me to the “kickers are shoes, squishers I’ve never heard tell of” camp. It seems to me that, prior to drying, kicking would amount to a bigger mess (and be more intentionally stupid) than stepping in (squishing) . Once fully dried, kicking is fun, squishing is like stepping on grass. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/8 "2013-02-20T18:33:09Z")
Ohio and Tennessee. Squisher? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/9 "2013-02-20T20:02:36Z")
“shitsquisher” gets 39 Google hits, the first of which is this thread. “shitkicker” gets 83,200. Yeah, I’ve never heard “shitsquisher” before either. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/10 "2013-02-20T20:30:10Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:6, topic:650857”] I’m from rural Montana, and used to own a small ranch. I’ve always heard shitkickers referring to boots, not people. Never heard the term shitsquisher. [/QUOTE] I’m from eastern Washington and this is pretty much how I use the term. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/11 "2013-02-22T03:58:59Z")
Grew up in West Texas and am certain I never once heard the term “shitsquisher.” “Shitkicker” was ubiquitous though. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/12 "2013-02-23T18:33:32Z")
OK, fuck it. I thought they were, or should be, related. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857/13 "2013-02-24T00:43:45Z")
Southern California, grew up on a ranch, ate a lot of dust, got barb-wire scars in places you wouldn’t believe. Heard “shitkicker” for years, but never heard “shitsquisher” until today. Also fond of “goat-roper.”