shitshow

or shit show

[ shit-shoh ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.

1. a chaotic event or situation, often one that turns out badly:

   The world doesn't need more bitching about the inevitable, unfixable shitshow that is modern air travel.

2. a person or thing that is a total mess, failure, or disaster:

   You'll be cursing that contractor for hours while you try to reverse the shitshow under your new tile floor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shitshow¹

First recorded in 1970–75; shit ( def ) + show ( def )

Example Sentences

So remember this: After whipsawing the nation through his dumb and vicious shitshow of a first term, nearly capsizing the ship of state by inciting thousands of morons to riot over the false premise that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him, and becoming the first president in American history to be twice impeached, Donald Trump decided to run for president in 2024 primarily so that he might avoid facing punishment for his many alleged crimes.

From Slate

And instead of learning anything from this rebuke, they turned a hearing yesterday into “a shitshow of epic and catastrophic proportions.”

From Slate

But even by the court’s own dismal standards, Wednesday was a shitshow of epic and catastrophic proportions.

From Slate

A photograph of them even younger — bright-eyed and golden-haired — rests on a table like a shrine, one of the few props in Campbell’s brusque tragicomedy, “Grief: A One Man ShitShow.”

From New York Times

"It will be a shitshow," according to the law enforcement official.

From Salon