Etymology

Compound of -type (“-like”, suffix) +‎ shitCategory:English compound terms#TYPESHIT.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪp ʃɪt/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TYPESHIT

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#TYPESHIT

Noun

type shit (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#TYPESHITCategory:English nouns#TYPESHITCategory:English uncountable nouns#TYPESHITCategory:English uncountable nouns#TYPESHITCategory:English multiword terms#TYPESHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TYPESHITCategory:Pages with entries#TYPE%20SHITCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TYPE%20SHIT

1. (in combination, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#TYPESHIT, chiefly African-American VernacularCategory:African-American Vernacular English#TYPESHIT) Something resembling or characteristic of a given thing, person, or situation.

   That's some serial killer type shit.Category:English terms with usage examples#TYPESHIT

   • 1998, Danny Hoch, “Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop”, in American Theatre‎, volume 15, page 44:

     That’s why my new album, Where Is the Joy, is on some new, improved, extra-ill, enlightened, epiphany-type shit, and that’s all I got to say.

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   • 2004 April 4, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Dumbassification”, in The New Yorker‎:

     “I think talk radio from a liberal standpoint means that you can actually touch more souls and be more sensitive to a wider demographic, instead of saying, ‘We’re going to turn America into a bonfire pep rally, and if anybody doesn’t like that we’re going to bomb them, too,’” Chuck D said. “I mean, what the fuck is that about? That’s some 1944, ‘Sands of Iwo Jima,’ John Wayne, I’m-mad-at-everybody-else-because-some-black-guy-took-my-girlfriend-type shit.”

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   • 2022 October 13, Mach-Hommy, Andre Gee, “Don’t Call Mach-Hommy ‘Reclusive’”, in Rolling Stone‎:

     That’s like the apex. That’s when it’s like, “Damn.” All the leaves actually done fell and gone type shit. That’s the deep freeze.

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Interjection

type shitCategory:English lemmas#TYPESHITCategory:English interjections#TYPESHITCategory:English multiword terms#TYPESHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TYPESHITCategory:Pages with entries#TYPE%20SHITCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TYPE%20SHIT

1. (slangCategory:English slang#TYPESHIT, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#TYPESHIT, chiefly African-American VernacularCategory:African-American Vernacular English#TYPESHIT) An expression of agreement or approval.
   • 2024 March 13, @odellthedon, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2024:

     Yh type shit but im giving all i CAN like i couldnt possibly give more this is a girl id want to have my kids and im giving her 100% of what i have left even if it isnt really 100% cah i cant

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   • 2024 July 14, “Emma B (Rundown Balla)”, in Reddit‎, r/Bronxghanistan, archived from the original on 18 August 2024:

     Yeah type shit but yk how shit is nowadays niggas jack anything at any age, plus the bitch looked like a dyke😭 I'll see if I could find the flick of her

     Category:English terms with quotations#TYPESHIT