chickenshit.
Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
Meaning & usage
Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
Cowardly.
How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.
Where this word comes from
From chicken + shit.
A petty and contemptible thing or things.
Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.
A coward.
I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.
A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.
Chicken manure.
Where this word comes from
From chicken + shit.
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