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 ==European Origin?== 
 SHIT ON A FUCKING DICK.... sorry that came out wrong. Lol did anyone else see in the article how it referenced the slang term with, ""Oregon Trail is the dope shit"" hilarious... 
 I LIKEEEE SHITTTTTTTTTTT.!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by     

 While roaming around the web I found a mention that the term SHIT comes from the label on the side of boxes when it was being ttransferred from one side of the ocean to the other. The long and short... 

 Back in the early era, manure was recognized as being one of the best sources of fertilizer. As England expanded over the ocean, the demand for manure increased, causing captians to pack more and more into their boats. To prepare for the transatlantic crossing, the manure would be dried out to make it lighter (and eliminate the smell!) but as the boat transversed the ocean, water would leak in and get into the manure by soaking through the boat and te boxes. This would cause it to start decomposing, releasing methane and other gasses. While this wasnt much of a problem to the crews health, lighting a candle or other light source would cause an explosion, possibly destroying the ship. This led captains to label the side of their boxes ""Ship High In Transport"" (S.H.I.T) This usage of terms eventually came to apply to manure in all forms. 

  Javascap 

 ==South Park Episode== 

 In the South Park Epidose ""It hits the fan"", Chef researched the word 'shit' in the library? The wikipedia article on shit says  ""It was originally adopted into Old English as scitte, eventually morphing into Middle English schītte."" Scitte is mentioned on the South Park episode. But the wikipedia article does not mention the word Shit developing near the time of the black plague and this being the reason for its taboo. Does anyone know anything about this? Is the wikipedia article lacking or did South Park lie about history? Jon in California  

 :As South Park is an entertainment Cartoon series it doesn't lie about anything it bearing shows what happended in the fictional South Park Universe.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by   •    

  
 ==Nice!!!== 
 Bro who writes this down man!!! Good ""Shit"" Haha!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by     

 ==Use as transitive verb== 

 In Australia and New Zealand, ""to shit"" is to cause great annoyance to someone, much the same as to piss someone off, eg ""Geez that Reginald shits me"". For emphasis ""to tears"" is often appended: ""How come these buses are never on time? Fair dinkum, they shit me to tears."" This probably warrants a mention. 

  
 == Talk:shit ==this is very very bad language 

 THE TRUTH IS THAT THE QUOTE FROM SPYKIDS IS WRONG BUT I CAN'T EDIT THE DUMB PAGE! 
 PLEASE LET WIKIPEIDA BECOME MORE CREDIBLE! 
 IM AN SHITTTY IDIOT! 
 ENOUGH OF THIS ""WIDELY ACCEPTED"" BULL(shit)  witty eh?, SOME OF THE INTORMATION IS INCORRECT! 

 lol  

  
 ""The inner city youth orchestra has been a remarkably successful initiative in that it has kept young people off the streets after school, and exposed them to culture and disclipline thereby improving their self esteem and future prospects The fact that the orchestra's recent rendition of Tchaikofsky's Manfred Symphony in B minor was pretty much a piece of shit should not in any way detract from this."" 

 ...was I wrong to laugh hysterically for 5 straight minutes after reading this sentence?   

 the phrase 'shit stirrer' is used throughout england, or at least in the north west; not only london and the surround SHIT GLORIOUS SHIT WE JUST CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT  

 I agree that 'shit stirrer' is more of a phrase from