To describe something that no matter how much effort you put in to clean it... It will always be sh*t.
Boss: Deep clean the bleachers with soap and water.
Worker: Man, that's like 'polishing a turd'- regardless how clean we get them.. They will always get dirty.

Polish a turd- Alter something that can never be forgotten.
by GordoTheGreek April 22, 2016
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No matter how nice someone acts or good someone dresses, it doesn't change the fact that the person is at that time seen as an asshole.
Scene from Californication: protagonist suits up for a trial when daughter walks in.
Protagonist: 'How do I look?'
Daughter: 'You know what they say...can't polish a turd.'
by AnaleTaart August 12, 2011
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Someone who thinks there all that and still nothing but a Pig Turd, hence the word Polished Pig Turd.
Snotty stuckup.
Snotty, being better then others.
Highbrow, above all.
Polished, cover up, blowing smoke.
Someone who is no better then someone else, but thinks they are: Polished Pig Turd. Snotty, Snobby, Highbrow
People in the Valley and Galeton area no who you are.

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by Wynnette McCullen October 5, 2013
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You can't make something that's not naturally good great even with the hardest attempts.
"After years, he's just never going to change his selfish ways." "Well, you can't polish a turd!!"
by SarcasticSeminar101 July 14, 2015
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trying to "fix up" a junky car.it cannot be done, give it up!
nathan, sell that cavi!you can't polish a turd!
by da trick biatch December 21, 2005
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to try to "fix up" an ugly car, or to try to turn a compact rice burner into a race car.
i told that guy trying to pimp a cavi, "you can't polish a turd"
by da trick biatch November 29, 2005
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unconvincingly attempt to make an irreconcilably bad situation look good.
They're trying to portray the poor financial reports as positive, but you can't polish a turd.
by esmith512 April 16, 2007
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