Idiom
shitting match
Vulgar
Meaning
A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They are just having a shitting match over who arrives first.”
“The meeting turned into a total shitting match over the color of the office walls.”
“The two managers engaged in a pointless shitting match, completely ignoring the urgent project deadlines looming over their department.”
Examples
simple
“They are just having a shitting match over who arrives first.”
contextual
“The meeting turned into a total shitting match over the color of the office walls.”
complex
“The two managers engaged in a pointless shitting match, completely ignoring the urgent project deadlines looming over their department.”
Origin
Compare pissing contest.
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