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shitting match en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio

Etymology

Compare pissing contest.

Meanings

(countable, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.
- No prob. I just don't wanna start another shitting match. No one on AMP wants to see it except us. 1999 July 22, in, “Question for NPS defenders”, in alt.music.prince (Usenet):

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
shitting matches	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

whole shitting match

Synonyms

dick-measuring contest (pointless competition or dispute) · pissing contest (pointless competition or dispute)