Define Shoddy Meaning

Shoddy

Bob's car is shoddy- it breaks down every five minutes and the one mirror he has left keeps falling off.
By Genovera
Shoddy
An adjective used to describe things negatively...such as a poorly manufactured car. Not to be confused with shotty.

meaning:
1. "made with poor craftsmanship or with low quality materials"
2. "rundown and shabby"
3. "poorly or dishonestly executed (badly done)"

The term comes from way back in the day to describe making yarn out of scraps of clothing or low-grade wool, but is now used to refer to any number of things that are low quality, dishonest, or cheaply made.

1. "I just got my car back from the mechanic last week and that jalopy already broke down again...what a shoddy piece of crap."

or

2. "those mechanics did a shoddy job fixing my car."

By Shanon
Shoddy
Words use arises from an oddly named and still standing 18th century mill in the Town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, UK. Shoddy & Mungo Ltd. This mill used to be involved with 'Worsted' this is the cheapest and worst to deal with hence its name form of woollen product. The name shoddy was forever more connected with the worst of the industries business.

Locally and Nationally people also use it as a way of describing ones state when one is high from smoking biftas

"that is just shoddy workmanship"
"I am feeling a bit shoddy"
By Nariko
Shoddy
absolutly poor,terrible really bad another word for sh*t!

"did you see tim doing his shoddy dancing on the dance floor last night!"
By Nerita
Shoddy
Word used in order to claim ownership between disputed, desired item. Works similar to the phrase, "I call ____." Depending on what rules are being used, a standard shoddy can be trumped with a, "blitz," or preemptively countered with a, "no blitz."

Principle of shoddy is much like the concept behind shotgun

==1==
A: Who wants my last cookie?
B: OOh, me!
C: Shoddy cookie!
B: Shoddy cookie blitz!


==2==
A: One of us has to go shovel the driveway.
B: Yea.
A: Shoddy no shovel, no blitz.
B: ... shit.
By Mallorie
Shoddy Not
Term used for avoiding unwanted responsibility in a group setting.

Chris: "We're outta beer... Who's going to the store?"
Alex&Zubin: "Shoddy not!"
Chris: "Fuck"

By Astra
Shoddy
like sketchy, but a bit more creepy and rundown.

ew that old shoddy guy is checking you out!

I wouldn't go in there... Looks pretty shoddy.
By Aggy
Shoddy Fives
When something not so great happens to ones self. Usually used when it comes to getting rejected.

The shoddy comes from the alternative word for shit; shoddy. The fives comes from a five dollar bill. The phrase in general literally means, a shoddy five dollar bill, but can be molded into everyday life.

AAron: Man, that chick was so hot, but when i approached her, struck up a conversation, then asked her for her number, she rejected me!

Eric: Shoddy fives bro.
By Theadora
Shoddy Plop
The disappointing act of feeling like you need a really good dump but only being able to produce small pebble like turds.

It felt like I was going to drop the whole family off at the pool but instead I ended up having a shoddy plop
By Hildagard
Shoddy Beggar
A "shoddy beggar" is a slang term for excrement such as that which exits the anus of a human when the time is right. It can be used when taking part in informal conversation and can be used to refer someone that is going to go and excrete faeces.

Harry needed to go for a shoddy beggar right now.
That was one stinking shoddy beggar.
By Ermengarde