dipshit, n. and a. coarse slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. /ˈdɪpʃɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɪpˌʃɪt/
[Probably <dip n.3 + shit n. Compare slightly later dipstick n. (a) at dip n.1 Additions]
A. n. A stupid, inept, or contemptible person; an idiot.
| 1963 Amer. Speech 38 172 Pejorative expressions traditionally directed at the supposedly less sophisticated rural resident: country bumpkin, dipshit, [etc.]. 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 122/1 It's not the dumb, jerkoff dipshits that are doing it. 1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame xvii. 120 You dipshits didn't even get 'em a torch that would light! 2003 Rolling Stone 24 July 79/1 A cowboy isn't some dipshit with a ten-gallon hat and a dinner plate on his belt. |
B. adj. Stupid, feeble-minded; worthless; contemptible.
| 1968 I. Reed Yellow Back Radio Broke-down (1969) 102 The Preacher backed away..with a dipshit grin on his face. 1985 T. O'Brien Nucl. Age xi. 238 You and me, two peas in the same dipshit pod. 1989 S. Robinson & D. Ritz Smokey 214 Then they called disco dipshit. 2003 M. Moore Dude, where's my Country? i. 17 You do not get this skilled at learning how to fly jumbo jets by being taught on a video game machine at some dipshit flight training school in Arizona. |