# What's this S--T

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-s-t/654368>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-s-t/654368 "2013-03-30T18:44:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-s-t/654368/21 "2013-04-02T21:26:52Z")

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I am a wordsmith, and I consider “shit” to be an acceptable and very useful word. What other word conveys the same meaning? Those four letters form a word that is very easy to understand. The meaning is very clear.

My favorite reply to my use of the word was from a twenty-something “Out of your ass, not your mouth.”

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-s-t/654368/22 "2013-04-02T22:16:46Z")

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> [@calmondo](#):
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> “Frankly Scarlett, I don’t give a damn”; shocking indeed.

..I’d start [giving a damn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jS1JFa_EjmI#t=35s) if I was you…

Jus’ Sayin’

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**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:** [April 3, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-s-t/654368/23 "2013-04-03T20:46:50Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> I am a wordsmith, and I consider “shit” to be an acceptable and very useful word. What other word conveys the same meaning? Those four letters form a word that is very easy to understand. The meaning is very clear.
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> My favorite reply to my use of the word was from a twenty-something “Out of your ass, not your mouth.”

My grandmother used to say “You just had something in your mouth that I wouldn’t hold in my hand!”. Of course, this from a farm girl who handled animal manure on a daily basis…

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