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Shithole is a vulgar slang term for an extremely dirty, disgusting, or otherwise objectionable place. It’s especially used in reference to where people live, from actual places of residences to cities to entire countries.

Shithole, of course, combines shit, one of the most versatile swear words in the English language, and hole, also added to such vulgarities as asshole.

The word shithole was first recorded in the 1600s, referring to, well, the “anus.” Use of shithole in reference to gross places was first recorded in the 1930s.

The word shithole is typically used to describe a place that someone doesn’t like, and you’re sure to spot it all over the internet, from angry Yelp reviews of restaurants to Instagram photos of horrifying hotels.

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In January 2018, President Donald Trump notably caused controversy by calling Haiti and some African countries “shithole countries.”

what kind of shithole country tells its citizens to go out and die for capitalism

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich)

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