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[–] EwonRael@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)

shit - adjective, bad

the shit - noun, good

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you are shit - shit is an adjective, you are bad

you ain't shit - shit still functions as an adjective, in some contexts this might be a good thing, but the phrase "you ain't ____" most often is used to say the person doesn't reach the level of the blank. For example "you ain't all that" means you think/act like you are "all that" but you're not at the level of "all that" you're less than all that. If you "ain't shit" it means you're so bad that you're less than shit, you dont even reach the level of shit with how bad you are. This is a devestating insult.

you are not the shit - the shit is a noun, its good, so not being the shit is insulting

you are the shit - the shit is a noun meaning good so this is a complement

[–] chaonaut@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

"We're in the shit now" - the shit, noun, bad

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ain't is a contraction of "am/are not" popularized in the early 1700s, combined with the syncopic haplology of a definite article: so still works with the noun part. I agree this doesn't make it easier for people to learn English, but it's not like every other language in the world doesn't have this.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

TIL, be a noun, don't be a fucking adjective.