English

Noun

shitpost ‎(plural shitposts)

1. (Internet, slang, vulgar, pejorative) A worthless post on a messageboard, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform.
   • 1996 October 29, BINKy [username], “Re: I'm getting bored”, in alt.life.sucks, Usenet:

     How is it, all you *would be* flame *specialists*, have to bring a sexual dimension into your shitpost.

   • 2001 January 27, Eddie, “But this is better”, in alt.tv.simpsons, Usenet:

     Every time you see a "here's how to get rich" shitpost, put some cash in the bank. After 6 months, marvel at how much you've suddenly managed to save.....

   • 2008 November 12, CHUCK_key, “Re: 145 days of Nostra”, in alt.music.judas-priest, Usenet:

     It'll make the newsgroups much easier to navigate when you don't see shitposts all over the place.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:shitpost.

Verb

shitpost ‎(third-person singular simple present shitposts, present participle shitposting, simple past and past participle shitposted)

1. (Internet, slang, vulgar, pejorative) To make a worthless post on a messageboard, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform.
   • 2002 July 26, Patrick Heinze, “Re: OT -- Posting”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike, Usenet:

     Maybe you should read the whole **** thread before posting such crap! There are arguments against top or bottom posting...even if after reading the thread you decide to keep shitposting, you should not say its trivial!

   • 2008 January 24, Two Beans [username], “So I'm sitting here at work with nothing to do...”, in alt.slack, Usenet:

     ..and I'm just musing that you taxpayers in the United States are now paying me to shitpost on alt.slack.

   • 2008 July 31, eric gisse, “Re: Hypersphere: Hidden dimension”, in rec.org.mensa, Usenet:

     I cannot wait until summer ends and you have to go back to middle school so you no longer have time to shitpost 50 times a day.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:shitpost.

Derived terms

• shitposter

Synonyms

• trashpost
• funpost

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