shitgibbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪtɡɪbən/
Forms: form: shitgibbons
Etymology: From shit + gibbon. The insult was coined by journalist David Quantick in British music magazine NME in January 1990. The linguistics sense was coined by linguist Taylor Jones in a blog post from February 2017 (see quote), which followed an earlier blog post by linguist Ben Zimmer about the insult's origin and linguistic qualities. The posts were written shortly after the prominent use of shitgibbon as an insult by politician Daylin Leach on Twitter directed at then-US president Donald Trump. Leach's tweet may have been inspired by a similar 2016 viral tweet by user @MetalOllie, who also directed the term at Trump.
Senses: examples: text: ’Tis the Mozzer and Mark E Smith! Yes, in the year 2000, Sir Morrissey del Manc and Shitgibbon Smith will be tired old buckers, fit for the scrapheap ever since some student NME reader got to see their poetry part of the English GCSE and finished so-called “serious rock” for, in the words of Alice Cooper, “EVAH!”
ref: 1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Ride the Puffin”, in New Musical Express, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2017, page 28:
text: Good luck and goodbye to the most sick-making,hypocritical bunch of shitgibbons i've yet encountered on the Web!
ref: 2000 March 21, EvilJam32, “Re: Shall I film the Hip in London 8th June?”, in alt.music.tragically-hip (Usenet), retrieved 12 Aug 2016, message-ID <20000321082112.00798.00000750@ng-fl1.aol.com>:
text: get the f*ck off this newsgroup,shitgibbon!!
ref: 2000 November 28, Master8 uk, “Re: MORRISSEY- "Battersea Park" 1997 VIDEO!”, in alt.music.morrissey (Usenet), retrieved 12 Aug 2016, message-ID <20001128140501.06012.00002242@ng-ck1.aol.com>:
text: So they should be,when he's the feller "what" films them.If you want cheap then feel free to buy from any one of 10,000 shitgibbons out there "who film from their computer keyboards" (as it were) thereby saving so much $$,that they can cut you a GREAT deal for a 4th gen mastepiece!
ref: 2001 September 26, Master8 uk, “Re: good trader: LIVIDZ”, in alt.music.bootlegs (Usenet), retrieved 12 Aug 2016, message-ID <20010926142505.23968.00000849@mb-ms.aol.com>:
text: Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. In short, don't be a shitgibbon.
ref: 2018, Sara Wylde, Truth Or Dare, Sara Wylde, →ISBN, page 3:
text: And of course, cis people, you legally have the freedom to refuse to do that, but if you refuse you are being a shitgibbon.
ref: 2018 November 2, Pronouns, ContraPoints (actor):
text: They were riled that they couldn't get a rise from him. Witless fucking cocksplat. Shitgibbon.
ref: 2019, Laura Legge, Cala, Head of Zeus Ltd., →ISBN, page 147:
text: “My God, Agent Barridge. You used to be a five time Marshall Cup champion. "Agent of the Month." And now, now you're sweating over these alien insects? How far you've fallen. [chuckles] What are you gonna do when they tear a hole in this ship and tear off your ass? These grotesque shit-gibbons.” “Grotesque or not, they are the native inhabitants of this planet. And we have proof that they saved one of us. They didn't eat him or attack him.” “Saved and not eaten whom?” “Uh, me. They saved me.” “[laughs] Of course they didn't eat you. You're crap food. You're recycled Spam baby. You get chewed up and shit out over and over and over again.”
ref: 2025 February 13, Bong Joon Ho, 1:34:56 from the start, in Mickey 17, spoken by Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo):
synonyms: word: assbucket
word: asshat
word: asshole
word: assmonkey
word: assmouth
word: assmunch
word: assmuncher
word: assbreath
word: assbag
word: asshead
word: assface
word: asstard
word: assfaggot
word: assfag
word: assfuck
word: asscunt
word: assfucker
word: assweed
word: asswipe
word: bag of dicks
word: ball sack
word: bastard
word: berk
word: blackguard
word: buttface
word: butthead
word: buttmunch
word: buttmuncher
word: choad
word: chunk-blower
word: cock gobbler
word: cock-knocker
word: cockmunch
word: cockmuncher
word: cockweasel
word: cockwad
word: cockhead
word: cockface
word: cockwaffle
word: cockwipe
word: cockshit
word: cockbag
word: cocksack
word: cocksucker
word: cocksuck
word: cockbreath
word: cockfag
word: cockfuck
word: cockfucker
word: cullion
word: cumbucket
word: cum guzzler
word: cumrag
word: cumstain
word: cunt
word: cuntard
word: cuntass
word: cuntbag
word: cuntbitch
word: cuntbreath
word: cuntbucket
word: cuntface
word: cunthead
word: cuntmuffin
word: cuntlicker
word: cuntbiscuit
word: cuntfuck
word: cuntfucker
word: cuntlapper
word: cunt muncher
word: cuntrag
word: cuntshit
word: cuntstain
word: cuntsucker
word: cuntwad
word: cuntwipe
word: cuntwaffle
word: cuntweasel
word: cuntweed
word: cuntwhacker
word: dick
word: dickass
word: dickbag
word: dickbiscuit
word: dickbreath
word: dickbucket
word: dickface
word: dickfuck
word: dickfucker
word: dickhead
word: dicklicker
word: dick munch
word: dick muncher
word: dicknose
word: dicknut
word: dicksack
word: dickshit
word: dickstain
word: dickster
word: dicksucker
word: dicktard
word: dickwad
word: dickweasel
word: dickweed
word: dillweed
word: dirtbag
word: dirthead
word: dirtwad
word: douche
word: douchebag
word: douche boat
word: doucheburger
word: douchecanoe
word: douchelord
word: douche nozzle
word: douchewad
word: douchewagon
word: fag
word: faggot
word: faggotface
word: fuck
word: fuckball
word: fuckchop
word: fucker
word: fucknozzle
word: fucktrumpet
word: fuckoid
word: fuckrod
word: fuckweed
word: fuckwit
word: fuckhead
word: fuckface
word: fuckstick
word: fuckstain
word: fuckster
word: fuckskull
word: fuckshit
word: fuckweasel
word: fuckwaffle
word: fuckbag
word: fuckbucket
word: fucknose
word: fucktard
word: fuckmuffin
word: fuckmitten
word: git
word: hosebag
word: jackass
word: jackoff
word: jagoff
word: jagweed
word: jerk
word: jerkball
word: jerko
word: jerkoff
word: jerkwad
word: jerkweed
word: jitbag
word: jizzbag
word: knob-gobbler
word: knob polisher
word: lowlife
word: meanie
word: nark
word: paddock
word: penishead
word: piece of crap
word: piece of garbage
word: piece of junk
word: piece of shit
word: pile of crap
word: pile of shit
word: piece of trash
word: piece of work
word: pig
word: pissface
word: pisspot
word: prick
word: prickhead
word: prickface
word: prickwad
word: pukeball
word: pukestain
word: pussybreath
word: sack of shit
word: schmuck
word: scoundrel
word: scum
word: scumbag
word: scumbreath
word: scumbug
word: scumbutt
word: scumface
word: scumfuck
word: scumhead
word: scumhole
word: scumlord
word: scuzz
word: scuzzball
word: scuzzbucket
word: scuzzoid
word: shitass
word: shitball
word: shitbag
word: shit bird
word: shitcunt
word: shitbreath
word: shitbucket
word: shitcock
word: shitdick
word: shiteater
word: shitguzzler
word: shithook
word: shitlicker
word: shitpot
word: shitrag
word: shithead
word: shitlord
word: shitsack
word: shitface
word: shitwad
word: shitheap
word: shitstain
word: shitheel
word: shitgibbon
word: shitgoblin
word: shitneck
word: shitnuts
word: shitnugget
word: shitfuck
word: shitfucker
word: shitmuncher
word: sleaze
word: sleazeball
word: sleazebag
word: sleazebucket
word: sleazehole
word: sleazewad
word: slimebucket
word: slimeface
word: slimehole
word: slimewad
word: snotbag
word: snotball
word: snotface
word: snothead
word: snotwad
word: sourhead
word: squib
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: undesirable
word: vonce
word: wanker
word: weasel
word: wet wipe
glosses: A contemptible person.
examples: text: How to make a shitgibbon in two easy steps
ref: 2017 February 9, Taylor Jones, “Linguists have been discussing "shit gibbon." I argue it's not entirely about gibbons.”, in languagejones.com, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2017:
text: At any rate, since this now seems to be an active area of linguistics research, I think we need a name for this construction. I'm going to propose "shitgibbon compounds".
ref: [2017 February 13, Gretchen McCulloch, “The orgin and constraints of “shitgibbon” compounds”, in All Things Linguistic, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022:
text: For this post, I’m showing the frequency of many possible shitgibbon compounds, measured in raw Google hits, as a way of getting an idea of their popularity. […] Per Zimmer, each of these shitgibbons start with a monosyllabic sweary word, and the other two syllables are a trochee; a two-syllable word with the stress on the first syllable.
ref: 2017 February 16, Daniel Midgley, danielmidgley.com, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2018:
text: Participants judged shitgibbons with matching vowels as more satisfying (2.79 vs. 2.49) and funnier (2.80 vs. 2.46) than shitgibbons without matching vowels, while the effect of matching consonants was minuscule – less than a hundredth of a point on either of the 1–5 scales.
ref: 2018, Anne-Michelle Tessier, Michael Becker, “Vowel but not consonant identity and the very informal English lexicon”, in Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Meeting on Phonology, →DOI, page 3:
text: At @GalaxyKate’s challenge I have made a bot that generates shitgibbon compounds - @shitgibbon_bot. Check it out if you find that amusing, though warning, it is by definition explitive^([sic])-ridden 😅
ref: 2019 August 1, @ampepers, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2022:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A type of compound word used as an insult, consisting of a single-syllable expletive, followed by an absurd or innocuous two-syllable noun that usually forms a trochee.