What is Shit Storm?
1.
when all the shit hits you at once. A whole bunch of criticism, or problems all at once. when in the shit storm you are being shit hammered.
ex: "Man my wife left me, a cop pulled me over and gave me a ticket for no insurance, and no registration, and when I came home my house had been broken into, and burned to the ground, it was a real shit storm."
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2.
n. Figuratively, a huge downpour of
Dude, I fucked up large. Now I'm gonna face a gale force shit storm!
3.
A euphemism qualifying a noun with a greater sense of intensity rather than as plainly stated.
After this past census, there's been an ongoing debate over gerrymandering by elected officials. This underlies the shit storm of controversy over who stands to gain by redrawing the new district lines.
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