shitbox

shit +‎ box

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

shitbox (plural shitboxes)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting item.

   My house is a shitbox.

   • 2010, Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick:

     Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.”

2. (colloquial, vulgar) An old and decrepit automobile.

   Synonyms: jalopy, shitheap; see also Thesaurus:old car

   • 2016, Kaleido Motoring, “2002 Kia Spectra: Regular Car Reviews”, in YouTube‎:

     What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed.

3. (colloquial, vulgar) A contemptible person.
   • 2002, Steven Puchalski, Slimetime: A Guide to Sleazy, Mindless Movies, page 42:

     The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are represented by a loathsome pack of suburban shitboxes who compare their campsite to On Golden Pond with Peter Fonda (it's a joke, get it?).

   • 2008, Julie Mars, Anybody Any Minute, page 316:

     "You shitbox!" Ellen roared. "You piece of living shit!"

   • 2012, Aaron Overfield, Veil:

     Just shy of six months before that shitbox Schaffer burst into his office, the General leaned back in his chair and entwined his meaty fingers behind his head.

   • 2016, Pete Hurrey, Dragon Fire!:

     And you, shitbox, I'm not through with you by any means!