Shinola
English
Etymology
From the name of a brand of shoe polish with a similar colour and texture to excrement, from shine + -ola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪˈnoʊ.lə/
Noun
Shinola (uncountable)
- Euphemism for shit.
- 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 64
- “ […] But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […] ”
- 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 64
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