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Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

From:Daniel Seriff <microtonal@...>
Date:Friday, October 15, 1999, 4:12
David Brookshire Conner wrote:

> shit on a stick - Interjection for amazement > holy shit - Interjection for shock > shits-n-fiddle - interjection for frustration
There's also "shits & giggles", as in "I did it just for the shits and giggles" meaning just for the hell of it, for no reason whatsoever. I've picked this up from my former roommate over the years. Variously pronounced as "gits and shiggles".
> Brook
-- Dan Seriff <microtonal@...> "Mozart is just God's way of making the rest of us feel inferior." - David Barber