the pits
the pits · the pitses
Something miserable or unpleasantSomething miserable or unpleasant.
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only, slang)Something miserable or unpleasant.
This whole experience has been the pits.
More definitions
- any place of pain and turmoil
Origin
Theorized to be a shortened form of armpits, i.e., somewhere or something unpleasant or unTheorized to be a shortened form of armpits, i.e., somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable. First use appears c. 1953. See cite below.
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