A fork of Rural Dictionary
When you get screwed over, often by someone who's name begins with the letter "A". normally said when the screwing over happens to you, but if it happens to a friend it is permissable to say as well
1)Bill: ya josh got dumped the other day Jack: A-Shaft! 2)ya he stole my seat the other day in carpool, it was a major A-Shaft. and it was after i called shotgun too!
A word that can mean literally anything, but is most commonly an insult used against another person. Can also be called Shafte (Shaft-EE)
Person 1: "You are such a Shaft/Shafte." Person 2: "You take that back!"
To be royally fucked either by an unfortunate situation or fucked regardless of preparation. To be shafted is to be utterly screwed over to the point of comfort is needed either from an object or consumption of food or contraband.
Friend - “How do you think you did on that calculus test?” Me - “I felt bad about it but when I turned it in I knew that I got shafted.”
Ripped off, cheated, treated most unfairly by people or even just by fate... The story of Shark Island!
Shark Island were the biggest band in LA in the 80's, every band copied their style, their moves, everything. Axl Rose ripped off a lot of Richard Black's (Shark Island singer) moves and got famous with them. Yep, Shark Island got well and truly shafted!
1. Originating in Old Europe during the Middle Ages, where burial space was often in short supply throughout many communities. To maximize use of space in many cemetaries, the dead were often buried in a 6 foot vertical shaft, rather than the usual horizontal grave position. The vertical position was considered less socially respectable. Thereafter the term began to mean poor treatment given to someone in such a way that demeans him or affirms second hand status as a citizen. In communities that had active, but hidden, homosexual communities, the phrase took on a second meaning in double entendre, referring to the humiliating prospect of having to bend over, grab one's ankles, and recieve painful anal intercourse from someone who is overly aggressive and abusive.
When they fired Bob, they gave him the shaft.