shitbucket day
- noun
- /ˈʃɪtbʌkɪt deɪ/
- Offensive
:
día de mierda
- Yesterday was such a shitbucket day; my car broke down and I lost my wallet.
Examples
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After the third disaster in a row, Mark declared it officially a shitbucket day.
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When everything went wrong during the meeting, I knew it was going to be a shitbucket day.
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It feels like every Monday is a shitbucket day for me lately.
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Today has been a total shitbucket day!
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What a shitbucket day it has been!
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After experiencing multiple setbacks, Sarah said it had turned into a shitbucket day.
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Every time I spill my coffee, I think, 'What a shitbucket day this is!'
Synonyms
8
9.9
A very bad day when many things go wrong
5
8.6
A day when many things go wrong and you feel unhappy
3
3.9
A day when someone does not do as well as usual
1
9.8
A day when many things go wrong and you feel upset
1
6.6
A day when something very bad or sad happens
A day that is very bad and full of annoying problems
A day when many things go wrong and you feel frustrated
A project, event, or thing that fails very badly
Antonyms
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
shitbucket + day
The noun 'day' is transparent, but 'shitbucket' is an informal, nonce compound (built from vulgar 'shit' + 'bucket') whose literal parts only loosely signal a negative or filthy quality. A B1 learner who knows the constituents could plausibly infer a very bad or unlucky day, but the expression’s slangy, nonstandard formation and pragmatic force are not fully predictable, so understanding depends on pragmatic inference and exposure.
Etymology
The phrase shitbucket day may come from the image of a bucket of shit tipping over and spilling everywhere, making a big, nasty mess. That's why it means 'a very bad day'.