Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, uncountable)Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.

    Scheißarbeit, Scheissarbeit

  2. (uncountable)Tasks which could be done automatically by software but which the software forces the user to do manually.

More definitions
  • trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
work of low status or satisfaction:

Origin

From shit + work.

From shit + work.

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
bitchworkgruntwork
Close in meaning
  • trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores:scut work

See also

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