Old NAVY slang for a garbage or trash can.
Also NAVY slang for the verb "survey", which means to declare worthless.
Also NAVY slang for the verb "survey", which means to declare worthless.
"Sweepers, man your brooms.
Make a clean sweep-down fore and aft.
Take all shit cans to the fantail.
Sweepers"
Make a clean sweep-down fore and aft.
Take all shit cans to the fantail.
Sweepers"
by skyhawk69L February 21, 2006
by cameltoe55 September 13, 2003
1) Noun: Navy slang (still in use) for any kind of waste receptacle.
2) Verb: Also Navy slang to dispose of anything, including figuratively (e.g. ideas, positions, persons, etc.).
Remark: Closely related to (Navy slang) "chit can", the expression for "shit can" when vulgarity might constitute a risk, z.B. in the presence of senior commissioned officers, a "chit" being any kind of form, stub, written request or permission, etc.
2) Verb: Also Navy slang to dispose of anything, including figuratively (e.g. ideas, positions, persons, etc.).
Remark: Closely related to (Navy slang) "chit can", the expression for "shit can" when vulgarity might constitute a risk, z.B. in the presence of senior commissioned officers, a "chit" being any kind of form, stub, written request or permission, etc.
1) Don't throw lit butts in the shit can, you fucking idiot !
2) They shitcanned him in a hurry after he pissed drunk in the Captain's front yard.
That idea got shitcanned long ago because it was too expensive.
Remark: The chit can was full of requests for leave, that got rejected.
2) They shitcanned him in a hurry after he pissed drunk in the Captain's front yard.
That idea got shitcanned long ago because it was too expensive.
Remark: The chit can was full of requests for leave, that got rejected.
by gradenigo September 4, 2013
Bob: I heard Shit Can tried to poison the leader of the opposition.
Sergei: Yawn. Doubt it, comrade. You must've heard that on MSM or something. Truth is, I heard he actually a Nazi, and accidentally poisoned himself
Sergei: Yawn. Doubt it, comrade. You must've heard that on MSM or something. Truth is, I heard he actually a Nazi, and accidentally poisoned himself
by Wayner Wayne July 28, 2022
To get absorbinantly drunk, high, or a combination of both to the point where you are well-beyond "Shit-Faced"
by D-i-Z August 29, 2005
To try to minimize the negative outcome of a mistake by destroying or concealing evidence, by redirecting attention away from the error, or by ignoring criticism altogether.
The CEO signed a bad contract, and the shareholders are mad as hell. Corporate communications is just gonna shit can it though, since the losses aren't that large.
by Arcadesj July 15, 2010
1.) To be terminated by an employer due to a "No call, No Show."
2.) To be fired for not showing up for your shift at work.
2.) To be fired for not showing up for your shift at work.
Dylan didn't feel like going to work at his Subway job one day when he woke up in the morning. He didn't call in sick or give his employer any notification about skipping work. Dylan got, "Shit-Canned," from Subway.
by Nuggyman420 March 30, 2009