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A brand of shoe polish once popular among GIs. See shit from shinola.
Shinola? I don't know shit from it!
shinola by Cornholio November 4, 2003
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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.
Shinola by dikelmm March 12, 2019
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.
shinola by mandingoe July 22, 2004
Shinola has begun to hit the real estate fan
shinola by George Backman April 9, 2007
a defunct American brand of shoe polish.
Shinola was a patented name and trademark for boot polish.A The suffix -ola is a popular component of trade names in the United States.
Shinola by SPrice1980 May 9, 2023

Shinola Kid 

Someone who doesn't know the difference between shit and shinola
The Shinola Kid is asking dumb questions again.
Shinola Kid by Hugh Jarse January 14, 2004

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."
shit from shinola by Octopod November 6, 2003
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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