Shinola en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ʃaɪˈnoʊ.lə/ (General-American)
- /ʃɪˈnoʊ.lə/ (General-American)
Etymology
From the name of a brand of shoe polish with a similar colour and texture to excrement, from shine + -ola.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Euphemism for shit.
“[…]But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […]”
1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 64: