"the shit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-the shit.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the shit}} the shit
  1. (vulgar, colloquial, slang) Something considered to be excellent or the best of its kind. Tags: colloquial, slang, vulgar Related terms: the shits, the tits, cool, the bomb Translations (something considered to be excellent): se juttu (Finnish), ihan paras (Finnish), tuerie [feminine] (French), de la balle (French), de la bombe (French), zajebisty (Polish), пизде́ц (pizdéc) [masculine] (Russian), заеби́сь (zajebísʹ) (Russian), mrak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skitbra grej [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-the_shit-en-noun-qgMlclas Categories (other): English positive polarity items

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