shitstorm
noun
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noun
Etymology: From shit + storm.
- A chaotic and unpleasant or violent situation.
“The hell with Brown […] He's been missing all the shit storms. It's his turn.”
“'Sometimes the pool-pah,' Bokonon tells us, 'exceeds the power of humans to comment.' Bokonon translates pool-pah at one point in The Books of Bokonon as 'shit storm' and at another point as 'wrath of God'.”
- Considerable backlash from the public.
“Near-synonyms: blowback, fallout”
“When Abbott stated openly that his plan involved a new tax of 1.7% on large companies with big profit margins - those, in fact, most able to pay - he provoked a near universal shitstorm.”