Ship

Colloquialism for murder

“Oh yeah, boogey was runnin’ his mouth and got shipped out in baltimore”

by Baconeggeness June 22, 2021

box ship

A container ship

The number of box ships on order has increased over the last year.

by randomsoutherngirl January 22, 2026

A small polish on a rusty ship

A futile, superficial effort to improve or beautify something that’s fundamentally broken, decayed, or doomed to fail. It highlights how a tiny cosmetic fix (the “small polish”) does nothing to address deep-rooted problems (the “rust” eating away at the entire structure).

Example 1: “The company’s new diversity training video was just a small polish on a rusty ship—everyone could see the toxic culture and massive layoffs coming, but hey, at least the promo looked shiny for a day.”

Example 2: “Fixing the website’s font while the server crashes every hour? That’s a small polish on a rusty ship, mate, no one’s fooled.”

by Dog wog February 27, 2026