单词 | shit-stirrer |
释义 | shit-stirrern. coarse slang (chiefly British, Australian and New Zealand). A person who takes pleasure in causing trouble or discord; an agitator, a troublemaker.Cf. shit disturber n. at shit n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble disturberc1290 troublera1382 distroublerc1440 disturblerc1440 shakebucklera1538 hellcat1603 trouble-feast1603 trouble-rest1605 trouble-house1608 trouble-cupa1610 trouble-state1609 seek-trouble1611 trouble-town1619 trouble-world1663 hellion1845 rowdy1859 bad actor1879 ratbag1890 disturbant1894 trouble-maker1923 performer1937 messer1942 shit-stirrer1961 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1270/1 Shit-stirrer, one who, by his actions, causes everybody unnecessary trouble. 1971 F. Hardy Outcasts of Foolgarah ix. 99 His well-known role as people's writer and shit-stirrer extraordinary. 1973 Salient (Wellington, N.Z.) 26 Sept. 12/2 This group of pathetically understood pseudo shit-stirrers seem to have little else to do. 1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down iii. 21 She was..a champion shit-stirrer. 2002 Time Out (Nexis) 12 June 144 Timothy Kightley is likeably inept as that old shit-stirrer, Friar Laurence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961 |
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