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SHIT HIT THE FAN

when a bad secret is let out and everybody knows about it to disastrous consequences. imagine the smell and splatter if someone blasted hershey-squirts into a rotary fan.
my favorite scene in the movie airplane is when the shit hits the fan. to bad its cut out in the "edited for television version"
by minghi May 10, 2003
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shit hit the fan

Tom: Liverpool are playing Man United at Old Trafford this week-end.
Bill: I'm sure we'll see the shit hit the fan at that game!
by Dung a Din November 5, 2008
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when shit hits the fan

"Shit hitting the fan" is an expression used to describe a moment when things are getting out of control.
by Mini mojito July 13, 2014
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When the shit hits the fan

When a hidden or contained problem (the shit) is suddenly exposed or spirals into utter chaos (shit making contact with rotating fan blades) causing a change of tactic from problem elimination (disposal of shit) to damage control or abandonment (cleaning of all traces of bits of scattered of shit or escaping as situation is now unmanageable)
When the shit hits the fan, we’re going to need to call in a cleaner
by BLEVE March 20, 2013
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shits hitting the fan

when you pick up poo and lob it in a fan and it sprays everywhere -
On xbox live:
Marc: OMG shits hitting the fan!
Steve: Oh no it must be spraying everywhere!
by Baldykaine February 14, 2012
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When the shit hits the fan

1.)When all hell breaks loose, Pandora's Box is opened, when you're screwed big time, and/or when yer fucked over.

2.)The moment at which fecal matter hits the spinning blades of an electric fan.

3.)A really good Circle Jerks song featured on the cult classic film Repo Man.
We just get by however we can. We all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan!

Goddamit boy, how many time have I told you to stop shitting in front of the fan?
by Holy Dragon Sword May 14, 2004
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Shit hit the fan

Term used in Halo 3, when someone is getting pretty pissed off and about to beat some serious ass and throw around some insults.
"Ya, shit hit the fan pretty early in the game, and i owned some serious ass last night."
by Darkrage December 27, 2007
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