SHIT HIT THE FAN

An idiomatic expression used to convey that something disastrous has occured.

The moment I saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center, I knew that shit had hit the fan.

by Brian T November 25, 2003

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

SHIT HIT THE FAN

When a secret is let out with potentially devastating consequences. If some faeces were to come into contact with a fan it would splatter them everywhere, devastating.

"I told this guy at my school how his girlfriend was a good lay, then the shit hit the fan."

by Soiled Undergarment August 18, 2003

SHIT HIT THE FAN

The escalating of a situation to extreme boling point. The ensuing spillover and chaos from doing something that will piss someone else off.

"The shit hit the fan after sum good sex, when I told her that I'd 'had better' the night before."

by gang fuck September 1, 2003

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

Shit hit the fan

An expression that which a horrible disaster or something big has happened, or just going out of control

When I heard that loud thud of the boat exploding, I knew shit hit the fan.

by The Jester of Madness! November 10, 2015

The Shit Hits The Fan

When an action takes place bringing about a number of undesiarable consequences.

The shit realy hit the fan just about the time we shot at that S.W.A.T. guy.

by Bubba Miarkovich June 19, 2003