Slang dictionary
shlitty
[shlit-ee]
What does shlitty mean?
Shlitty is a slang variant of shitty and litty, used especially when someone is getting drunk or having a good time partying. It can also be used as a euphemism or playful form to mean shitty in its other, non-drunk senses.
Where does shlitty come from?
The origins of shlitty are not entirely clear. An Urban Dictionary entry for the term in 2004 presented shlitty as a kind of extreme form of shitty … whether in the bathroom or not. The inserted L lends a kind of messiness to it all, doesn’t it. (Sorry. Gross.)
By at least 2010, people were using shlitty to mean “getting intoxicated.” This shlitty would appear to be a blend of shitty (related tp shitfaced, or “drunk”) and litty, slang for “drunk, high; excellent” (from lit). Litty emerges as slang around the same time.
Wine gets me a different type of shlitty 😎😎
— Ace G.✨ (@Acepapi_) February 24, 2019
Shlitty got a boost in May 2019 when Twitter user @mewtailv2 posted her sociology professor’s (at times hilariously out-of-touch) record of the slang terms and definitions used by his students. Among the terms on shown on his list was shlitty, which the professor defined as “a good time.”
My sociology professor keeps an alphabetic list of new slang terms he learns from students and I will never get over it pic.twitter.com/UxOxRsNJbb
— Ehhhhhh (@mewtailv2) April 30, 2019
Like litty, anything “great” or “cool” can be described as shlitty by extension.
Examples of shlitty
Who uses shlitty?
Shlitty may be considered mildly vulgar, as it’s related to shitty. It’s very informal and associated with youth slang.
After Angelica comes in second in 100 meter free style
"Lit" -Dad
"Amazing!" -papa
"Fire" -Halley
"Shlitty" -me— Erin Hiiiii (@errrinhy) December 21, 2015
Shlitty is still occasionally used to describe when things are particularly … crappy. This may be as a euphemism for shitty.
@HightowersWorld I wake up feeling shlitty; and feel better as the day goes on. #BodyProblems
— Esports | Chad 🤘 (@EsportsChad) September 25, 2012
More often than not, though, shlitty is used in relationship to drinking. This can refer to getting “wasted,” meant positively by users. Typically, it’s used in the phrase getting shlitty,” like getting drunk.
11 more days for national beer day !! You best believe I’m getting shlitty that day
— Jonathan♛ 🦁❣️ (@Cubi0027) March 27, 2018
Shlitty can also generally refer to something that’s a good time or fun more generally.
I really wanna do something shlitty for my 18th but i forgot i have like 3 friends and a gf
— Papi S (@thotslovesonia) December 18, 2016
Note
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