shitnugget move
- noun
- /ʃɪtˌnʌɡɪt muːv/
- Offensive
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- Forgetting his passport before the flight was the biggest shitnugget move he ever made.
Examples
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Pulling out in front of a speeding car was a total shitnugget move.
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Don't make a shitnugget move like that again!
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"Yeah, that was a shitnugget move," she admitted after ruining the surprise party.
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That was a terrible shitnugget move!
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Forgetting his passport before the flight was the biggest shitnugget move he ever made.
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Pulling out in front of a speeding car was a total shitnugget move.
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After missing the deadline, he realized that was a classic shitnugget move.
Synonyms
A very foolish action that you regret later
A foolish or silly action
A selfish or rude action that annoys other people
An action that is cowardly or unfair and causes trouble
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
shitnugget + move
The compound includes a non-standard, dictionary-absent slang item 'shitnugget' whose meaning is not transparently derivable from its parts; knowing the noun 'move' (an action) does not allow a B1 learner to infer 'foolish, reckless action.' Because the key constituent is opaque, slangy, and idiomatic, the overall phrase is unpredictable to learners who only know the literal words.
Etymology
Shitnugget move likely comes from joining the rude word shit, meaning 'worthless', with nugget, a small piece, and move, an action. So, imagining a tiny useless lump helps explain why people call an action 'very foolish or reckless'.