Thread: Что такое the_sh_it? Это ведь положительное значение, да?

Все чаще встречаю выражение, например

this car is the sh_it


причем из контекста я вижу что говорящий, употребляет это как достоинство, как отличную оценку.

Спрашивается, что за фигня такая? Почему?


Thanks a lot

It's low class slang. It means "very nice".

Similar expression: "da bomb".

There are several slang expressions in English that are the opposite of what they look like. The older one was "bad". If you said, "Your car is baaaaaaad!" that meant that your car is very nice or impressive. No one says "bad" anymore, though.

Originally Posted by paulb

It's low class slang. It means "very nice".

Similar expression: "da bomb".

There are several slang expressions in English that are the opposite of what they look like. The older one was "bad". If you said, "Your car is baaaaaaad!" that meant that your car is very nice or impressive. No one says "bad" anymore, though.

True. Now we say "bad ass" or "off the hook" (pronounced off da hook)

'Damn, man! You see that car with them bad ass rims! Sh*t's off the hook hot!'

Also, about eight years ago, "stupid" was popular for something impressive. I haven't heard it recently though.

'dat's tight' remains my personal favorite.

Originally Posted by paulb

Similar expression: "da bomb".

Ha ha, people here use it too: "Это просто бомба-а-а! English is spreading all over the world.

Да в русском такая же неразбериха, по-моему всё и так понятно. У нас тоже, например, есть слово из трёх букв, которое обозначает кучу значений с "+", "-" и не только :P .И это слово далеко не одно

Originally Posted by Scrabus

Да в русском такая же неразбериха, по-моему всё и так понятно. У нас тоже, например, есть слово из трёх букв, которое обозначает кучу значений с "+", "-" и не только :P .И это слово далеко не одно

Есть, вот пример "Ай да Пушкин! Ай да сукин сын!"

Но никогда не слышал, что бы люди в восторге от хорошей вещи назвали ее г-ном.

Вопрос такой, the sh_it с артиклем, это устойчивой выражений. Что будет означать выражение this car is sh_it (без артикля)?

тогда, это просто значает:'This car is a piece of sh_t, a piece of junk, etc.'

Originally Posted by paulb

It's low class slang. It means "very nice".

Similar expression: "da bomb".

There are several slang expressions in English that are the opposite of what they look like. The older one was "bad". If you said, "Your car is baaaaaaad!" that meant that your car is very nice or impressive. No one says "bad" anymore, though.

Low class? Yeah thats right I just stole satellite internet from my rich neighbors and routed it to my trailer park.

It's not 'low class' its just what some people choose to say. No one has said "da bomb" since 1996 and no one has ever said 'stupid' for cool.

Though, seeing as your from north kakalaka I can't imagine you're very "high class" yourself.

Interestingly, there's a possible double negative of sorts here as well.

If someone from around here say something like "bad ass" or "da bomb", they are actually sarcastically insulting both the object and anyone who might like the object at the same time.

For example, I'd call a really chavved-up Ford Focus with big after-market alloys, a huge spoiler, big exhausts, and a loud paint job "bad ass", but that doesn't mean I think it's good, it means I think it's horrible and that the sort of people who do like that style (baseball cap-wearing morons) have no taste, small brains, and deserve to be ridiculed just for having the audacity to visually pollute my view.

Rap music is da bommmmmmmmmb.

See how it works?

I don't know. As far as "the sh_it" goes, are you sure it's not "hot sh_it!" That definitely has a positive connotation to me. Scotcher's pimpmobile is hot sh_it! Wanna buy me one of dem babies!!

OTOH just sh_it is also a reference to drugs.

Nah, I've definitely heard "X is the sh_t."

Not to be confused with "X has the sh_ts", which means X is suffering from diarrhoea.

Also, be careful with statements like:

Eat this pizza! It is the sh_it [in a very low, almost inaudible voice] of a cow!

Now, that is low-class.

chaika
No, no, I've came across only 'the sh_it', never 'hot s_hit'. Hot shi_t is probably all sorts of warmed up fast food that fat women in durty aprons sell on Moscow streets these days.