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shitbox
noun 3
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3ADJ.
little
VERB + SHITBOX
house
PREP.
in, out
Definitions
noun
1
A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting item.
My house is a shitbox.
Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.”
2
An old and decrepit automobile.
What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed.
It's a Ferrari! It's a shitbox!
3
A contemptible person.
The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are represented by a loathsome pack of suburban shitboxes who compare their campsite to On Golden Pond with Peter Fonda (it's a joke, get it?).
"You shitbox!" Ellen roared. "You piece of living shit!"
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My house is a shitbox.
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Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.”
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What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed.
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