Meaning of shitwork | Babel Free

Definitions

Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.

derogatory, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Now it was real detective shitwork.”

“GM paid us a tidy income and we did the shitwork. No one was holding a gun to anyone's head.”

“Mop again. Check the drop again. Clean⟳ the floor again. Fill⟳ the manger again. Shitwork.”

“I'm not into chasing some poor OTM wants to come⟳ in here and earn⟳ food money doing the kind of shitwork native-born Americans won't do.”

“He's a Chicano. He's an American citizen but he comes from a Mexican family. That's why he has to do the same shitwork we do.”

“Basically, he does the shitwork. As scrawny as he is, Ahmed can heft a good bit of weight and always seems to be busy even when he's not doing anything, a skill I'd like⟳ to learn⟳.”

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