shinola

A brand of shoe polish once popular among GIs. See shit from shinola.

Shinola? I don't know shit from it!

by Cornholio November 4, 2003

shinola

I'm really not sure what this is, but I know it ain't shit.

I'm not that young man from Arcola
Who didn't know shit from Shinola.

by mandingoe July 22, 2004

shinola

A euphemism for shit.

Shinola has begun to hit the real estate fan

by George Backman April 3, 2007

Shinola

Shinola was a brand of shoe polish.

You don't know sh!t from Shinola. Meaning you don''t have good judgement or are stupid.

by dikelmm March 13, 2019

Shit and Shinola

Used as an exclamation, when something bad has, is, or was happening.

My wife is in a truck wreck and now she'll die real slow like cause she's cut in half and this is the last time I ever talk to her? Ok... what? My car has a dent? OH SHIT AND SHINOLA!

by KimoMcGee September 13, 2009

shit from shinola

Naive, stupid. Can't tell one's ass from first base; see Shinola.

"That yahoo can't tell shit from shinola"
"That geologist can't tell schist from shinola."

by Octopod November 7, 2003

Shit from Shinola

This word is used to describe not understanding or knowing what is going on.

Teacher: What is 4+9/2

Student: Ask someone else, i don't know shit from shinola.

by Eerad June 14, 2011