Etymology

From the breakfast food Cheerios. The term comes from the notion that defecating in someone's Cheerios would ruin their day.

Pronunciation

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Verb

shit in someone's Cheerios (third-person singular simple present shits in someone's Cheerios, present participle shitting in someone's Cheerios, simple past and past participle shit in someone's Cheerios or shitted in someone's Cheerios or shat in someone's Cheerios)Category:English lemmas#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOSCategory:English verbs#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOSCategory:English multiword terms#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOSCategory:Pages with entries#SHIT%20IN%20SOMEONE'S%20CHEERIOSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SHIT%20IN%20SOMEONE'S%20CHEERIOS

1. (slangCategory:English slang#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOS, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOS, idiomaticCategory:English idioms#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOS, often humorousCategory:English humorous terms#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOS) Synonym of piss in someone's cornflakes.

   That woman shit in her husband's Cheerios when she divorced him on their anniversary.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHITINSOMEONESCHEERIOS