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a catchall multipurpose term, ie, a firefight was 'in the shit', a bad situation was 'deep shit', to be well prepared and alert was to have your 'shit wired tight.'
Shit and derision is British slang for confusion, mess, a terrible state of affairs.
Shit is a marvelous word in English: it has an enormous number of uses and appears as a verb, a noun, an adverb — and maybe other forms too. Here are some of its uses.
Shirt and collar was old London Cockney rhyming slang for two shillings and six pence (a dollar).
Noun. Basically the term refers to pubic hairs, however it is used figuratively in having got someone by the short and curlies - having complete power over someone. Orig military use. [1930s]
pubic hair ‘She had me by the short and curlies.’
Skirt is slang for a woman or women.
The end, the result, the upshot. "That's the long and short of the subject.â€
Noun. A male nightclubber whose ideal night out will be to drink excessively, make sexual advances towards women and complete the night with a drunken brawl. Invariably their attire includes a dressy shirt, often without a tie.
Short and curlies is British slang for pubic hair.
Noun. Vagina. Rhyming slang on 'fanny', slang for vagina. E.g."What, with her short skirt, and no knickers, I had great view of her jack and danny." See 'fanny'.
Shirty is slang for getting angry or upset.
Short is British slang for a measure of a spirit or liquer. Short was old British slang for a measure of gin.
Pubic hairs; i.e. to "have someone by the short and curlies" is to have total power over that person since any on their part move to extricate themselves from the predicament would be certain to cause them immense pain.
A military order of dress which consists of black pants and a white short-sleeved collared shirt.
Shift is slang for to move quickly.
Shit Hole is slang for a dirty and unpleasant place.
Long and short is London Cockney rhyming slang for the drink port.
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superl.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
v. t.
To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
v. t.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
v. t.
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
superl.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
imp. & p. p.
of Short-circuit
n.
Short, inferior hemp.
v. t. & i.
To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Short-circuit
a.
Having short life.
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
superl.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
a.
Having a short waist.
v. t.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
superl.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
n.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
superl.
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
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