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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