A fork of Rural Dictionary
A description of an event or situation which is characterized by an ridiculously inordinate amount of frenetic activity. Disorganization and chaos to an absurd degree. Often associated with extreme ineptitude/incompetence and or sudden and unexpected failure. Similar: fiasco clusterfuck
"The picnic turned into a real shit show because that bozo decided to throw rocks at that hornet's nest."
The most over-used reference to a night of intoxication with friends that ultimatley leads to moments of blackness and dissaray. Girls often refer to there nights as shit shows to help exaggerate the fact they only had two drinks and want an excuse to fuck brad the dickhead down the hall. The easiest way to tell someone is new to partying is by them referreing to a night as a shit show after 2006.
"Hey Teresa , this party is such a shit show, are you enjoying your o'douls?"
An event involving copious amounts of fail. Everything goes completely wrong and any attempts to fix it only result in making it worse thus leading to a cataclysmic disaster. Almost always caused by gross incompetence and/or a person with "mentally retarded" IQ classification as defined by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales 1981 Classification.
Barack Obama's presidency was a total shit show.
(n) a party where everyone is completely obliterated to the point where fights occur and someone is dubbed "that guy"
Kyle and Pat's birthday party was a complete shit show. Nobody remembered what happened the night before.
Person who is extremely intoxicated on a regular basis. Said person blacks out often and is difficult to find in fraternity parties due to their inebriation
That Rose sure was a shit show last night. She was sooo drunk
A ridonculous party or good time.
'As soon a Marty gets out of prison, it's gonna be a shit show!'