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when the shit hits the fan

When the truth is discovered the consequences will be felt.
by VAKI5 May 7, 2005
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SHIT HIT THE FAN

A term used when a situation goes from bad to worse. (When there is shit that stinks...thas bad. When shit hits a running fan, flings it all over the place, and spreads the wafting stank...thas WORSE!).
We were fuckin last night, right? An I yell out, 'KIM!!!' Her name was Krysta...and after that, THE SHIT HIT THE FAN.
by Joshiro007 February 12, 2003
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shit hit the fan

The situation where a recent catastrophe is further complicated by some application of Murphy's Law or further revelations. Taken from the mental image of the "fragrant and pictorial" mess that excrement would make if it came into contact with the blades of a fan...
It was bad enough when they caught him rolling in the hay with a girl, but the shit really hit the fan when it was reported that she was underage.
by The Eternal Grunt January 30, 2004
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Shit hit the fan

The toilet in the 1970's space station "Skylab" had a suction fan and a safety belt to strap yourself down with in zero gravity.

Zero gravity would cause the faeces to float all over the place disasterously so there was airflow to suck the faeces into a bag, a bit like a vacuum cleaner does. Now, if the bag broke somehow, then the "Shit hit the fan!!".
by Marcus Rosenblat December 13, 2008
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let the shit hit the fan

Sometimes it's advantageous to ignore the problem, let it explode, and have other people deal with it. This policy is called "let the shit hit the fan".
A: Look, these numbers they gave us are really wrong.
B: I say, let the shit hit the fan and then they'll fix it.
by UrbanCulture July 11, 2006
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Shit hit the fan

When something bad is found out and the consequences start to happen.
"I didn't think she'd find out, until Bob told her about it, then the shit hit the fan".
by yomamas_bin_slobbin April 11, 2009
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an incident witch expleeld to a point and completely got worse and came back to damage the person or persons in the future
when an argumet happened after and incident and the argument came back to haunt the people meaning the shit hit the fan and blew back in our faces
by leighann June 27, 2006
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