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Royal Dutch Shell 

Largest oil company in the world (as of 2010; in 2009, it was #2). Sales in 2009 were $285 billion. Worldwide proved reserves of 14.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Most of the oil giant's crude is produced in Nigeria, Oman, the UK, and the USA. Shell is also investing heavily in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which converts oil sands in Alberta to synthetic crude oil. The company operates 44,000 gas stations (the world's largest retail fuel network) in more than 80 countries.

Shell is implicated in exploitation and support for dictatorships in Nigeria, Angola, and elsewhere. It operates a huge, stunningly toxic facility in the Niger River Delta, but provides almost no compensation to the Ogoni people. In 1994, Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested for allegedly inciting violence against Shell staff and executed, along with 8 other Ogoni.
Royal Dutch Shell is, like BP, p.l.c. and Exxon Mobil, very large, very old, and very evil. It is based in the Hague--ironically enough, near the International Court of Justice.
Royal Dutch Shell by Abu Yahya July 18, 2010
Related Words

Twat Gun Shell 

What would normally be described as a "tampon applicator". It's that plastic thing you find in the bathroom garbage can.
I was takin' a piss and I looked down at the garbage and I saw one of them "twat gun shells" in there. Grossed me the fuck out!
Twat Gun Shell by b bailey November 22, 2009

conch shell 

Giving a girl a rimjob while fingering her.
Man, Johnny really has a thing for "Lord of the Flies". He tried to play Debbie's asshole like a conch shell.
conch shell by Zachary G. November 8, 2007

go away or I will replace you with a simple shell script 

A shoddy attempt at humor crafted by the Linux community in order to answer back at those who even mildly criticize their half-finished kernel or the "newbies" who are trying to seek help in getting Linux to function properly on their machines. Makes one look stupid when said out loud in a group of people.
Newbie: Can you please help me configure my soundcard and modem? I read the manual, and followed the instructions, but both piece of hardware still refuse to work.
Linux elitist: Go away or I will replace you with a simple shell script, retard.
Newbie: All I did was ask for help, and if this is how you treat those who want to learn about Linux, then you shouldn't be surprised if people go back to using Windows or Mac OS-X.
Linux elitist: Well go back to crashing your Windoze, troll.

Ghost In The Shell: Stand-Alone Complex 

A mundane anime featuring a big titted super cyborg ninja bitch in a thong and boots who flips around and beats the shit out of men. Or in other words, it's every fat greasy weaboo fucktard's wettest fantasy featured in their most favorite format to jerk off their one inch dongs to. Thumbing this down is also another way of openly admitting you are indeed a fat, greasy, weaboo fucktard with a one inch dong who jerks off to this shitty show.
You: OMFG!!!111! MOTOKO FROM GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND-ALONE COMPLEX IS SOOOOOO FUCKING HOT! HER OUTFIT IS SO KAWAIIIII! *FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP!* OHHHHH MAJORRRRRR!

Empty Shell 

Empty shell is an expression used for when you go for a shit and nothing comes out. Relates to turtles head, a turd that bobs in and out of your arse but in the case of a false alarm shit the shell is empty.
I thought I needed a shit but went for an empty shell instead.
Empty Shell by Ken Walker February 8, 2008