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Shit crackers
Meaning
- A mild, folksy exclamation of frustration or surprise. It functions as a G-rated version of stronger profanity.
Folksy, mildly crude
Used in a sentence
- Shit crackers, I forgot my keys inside again.
- Shit crackers, the milk is already expired.
- He yelled shit crackers when he dropped the toolbox on his foot.
The backstory
Likely a combination of a mild swear word and a random innocuous noun. It serves the purpose of expressing annoyance without sounding too harsh.
Heard in
The South
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