When the shit hits the fan

When a hidden or contained problem (the shit) is suddenly exposed or spirals into utter chaos (shit making contact with rotating fan blades) causing a change of tactic from problem elimination (disposal of shit) to damage control or abandonment (cleaning of all traces of bits of scattered of shit or escaping as situation is now unmanageable)

When the shit hits the fan, we’re going to need to call in a cleaner

When the shit hits the fan by BLEVE March 20, 2013

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When the shit hits the fan

1.)When all hell breaks loose, Pandora's Box is opened, when you're screwed big time, and/or when yer fucked over.

2.)The moment at which fecal matter hits the spinning blades of an electric fan.

3.)A really good Circle Jerks song featured on the cult classic film Repo Man.

We just get by however we can. We all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan!

Goddamit boy, how many time have I told you to stop shitting in front of the fan?

When the shit hits the fan by Holy Dragon Sword May 14, 2004

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when the shit hits the fan

When the truth is discovered the consequences will be felt.

You're in big trouble when the shit hits the fan.

when the shit hits the fan by VAKI5 May 7, 2005

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when the shit hits the fan

When something really bad is about to go down. The brief moment before a world of pain is brought down upon someone

When someone says Kelly has small eyes but doesn't realise she can hear them. That's when the shit hits the fan.

when the shit hits the fan by didntsaykellyhassmalleyes August 17, 2010

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when shit hits the fan

"Shit hitting the fan" is an expression used to describe a moment when things are getting out of control.

When shit hits the fan I'm out of here.

when shit hits the fan by Mini mojito July 13, 2014

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flophouse

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.

Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!

flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007

Word of the Day on July 27, 2026

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Hate Sink

A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.

Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.

Hate Sink by The great prophet Zarquon August 7, 2016

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