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shinolafy 

verb
To make something better.
To make something smooth and shiny as you would using shinola polish
The act of improving.
Positive opposite of shitify.
A positive act reversing shitification.
I need to shinolafy my kitchen, it is looking old and worn.
With that huge infrastructure bill the President signed and the emergency declaration in place, there should be piles of money the county is going to shinolafy our roads so they don’t rattle our teeth out and destroy our vehicles.
shinolafy by Winking Chicken April 6, 2023
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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

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

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.
Shit from Shinola by Eerad June 14, 2011
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

shit from shinola 

Shinola was an old brand of shoe polish last century. If a person was very stupid, he would polish his shoes with shit and not know the difference.

You can hear the phrase used in the movie “ the jerk”. With Steve Martin.
That guys so dumb “he don’t know shit from shinola!”
shit from shinola by Aceway January 4, 2023
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