I think shit is used to spice up language. Why say "That movie was good" when you can say, "That movie was the shit" or instead of "that's life" you can say "shit happens" (shit means the same as stuff in that phrase, which is the shit) lol
We're creeping into Philosophy here a little, watch out Wittgenstein will get you. I love Wittgenstein but I fucking hate him.
Well the old legend goes that the word "shit" comes from the transportation of horse manure in boxes which had the label: Store High In Transit So that is definitely absolutely what shit means. Store it now.
c'omon it was about pineapples. I have the right to post one smiley on somthing to do with pineapples. time for a revolt!
I couldn't find a good video about the word shit, so here's one about fuck because fuck can be confusing too. [yt:2tln8bgf]5hgsw5Hg0Ag[/yt:2tln8bgf]
A lot of it is because its roots are Celtic dialect, Scandinavian dialect, some German, Latin, and more!!!