shit-stirv.
/ˈʃɪtstəː/, U.S. /ˈʃɪtˌstər/, Australian English /ˈʃɪtstɜː/, New Zealand English /ˈʃɪtstɜː/ coarse slang (chiefly British, Australian and New Zealand).
Originally and chiefly in progressive tenses.
1. intransitive. To make trouble for its own sake. Cf. to stir (up) shit at stir v. Additions.
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1982 Guardian 6 Mar. 17/5 British journalists are constantly asked if they are reporting the cricket, to which the follow-up question, sometimes tacit, sometimes not, is: ‘Or are you shit-stirring?’
1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 3 Dec. I was just shit-stirring.
1998 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Series 1 (1999) Episode 3. 86 Antony. You fancy her don't you? Dave. Stop shit-stirring. Denise. Why does he have to cause trouble?
2004 S. Clarke Year in Merde (2006) 50 Someone was trying to shit-stir.
2. transitive. To attempt to provoke or aggravate, esp. without serious intent.
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1991 Re: Seppo? in alt.surfing (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Oct. We just can't help shit-stirring everyone—it's our culture.
1997 Sunday News (Auckland) (Nexis) 15 June 42 I said he looked like that character in Mask. We were just shit-stirring each other.
2002 Mercury (Hobart) (Nexis) 6 June 33 I thought it'd be fun, cause a bit of a stir. I like to shit-stir people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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