shit eating grin

sometimes sh-t-eating grin.

(1) n. a sh-t eating grin is a very wide and, to the outside observer, stupid looking grin, usually showing smugness, self-satisfaction, or inner humor. the term is most often seen in the expression “wipe that sh-t eating grin off your face!”, usually said by the aforementioned outside observer. this observer-based definition makes “sh-t eating grin” the negative counterpart to “you look like the cat who ate the canary.” while the two expressions describe the same grin, they have very different connotations. this definition has nothing to do with the term “sh-t eater”.

(2) n. someone donning a forced smile in an uncomfortable, embar-ssing, or compromising situation could be said to have a sh-t eating grin. because an uncomfortable situation is much more closely related to “eating sh-t” than smugness, it is plausible to -ssume that this is the first definition, although far from the most common, and that the above definition is a result of drift from this one.

both of these uses are doc-mented in the oxford english dictionary no earlier than 1957.
(1) upon telling elaine he knew a secret, jerry donned a sh-t eating grin and refused to reveal it.

(2) forced to admit defeat, the politician managed a sh-t eating grin as he called for and end to “bipartisan rhetoric”.
a smile indicating a joyous secret.
“you got the promotion! i knew there was a reason for that sh-t-eating grin.”
the smirk on one’s face that makes you want to punch it.
larry thinks he’s funny with his sh-t eating grin.
a huge wide grin worn by a complete -sshole after he just f-cked you over. see nhl player jarkko ruutu
left d “ruutu hit me in the groin last shift, what a d-ck”
right d: “yea that sh-t eating grin on his face makes me want to wipe it off with my skate blade”
see: obama
obama’s sh-t eating grin can be seen from sp-ce.
1. a huge smile that sh-t eaters can’t stand(aka people who take themselves too seriously) when a serious b-tthurt occurs followed by a seg said “victim” often flees to urban dictionary to b-tch and moan about seg’s or someone wearing one. these whiners are often on the wrong end of the stick(no pun intended) and are too dull to grasp that their b-tching only intensifies the “sh-ttiness” of the grin. naturally humiliation of the “victim” is in direct correlation to the “sh-ttiness” of the grin.

in any situation it’s best to be the person wearing a sh-t eating grin as opposed to the person who just ate sh-t. the person wearing the sh-t eating grin possesses both self-control and inner contentment concerning present circ-mstances. (possibly but not always at someone’s expense) .

many women love a sh-t eating grin, as it expresses the mystery of inner laughter as well as a completely unabashed authenticity regarding another person. all without blabbing on about some bullsh-t she probably doesn’t care about.

a sh-t eating grin is one of the most powerful/s-xy smiles in the world when expressed correctly.
sh-t eating jim and b-tthurt tom are walking on the sidewalk when tom slips on a banana peal and falls on his -ss. jim flashes an enormous sh-t eating grin.
t: wipe that sh-t eating grin off your face!
j: what grin?(while still smiling)
t: (silent)
j: (normal face) alright tom get up let’s go.
t: no!!!! i’m going to go home and write an article about how b-tthurt your smile makes me feel!!!
j: (grins) o.k. tom you do that.
having been invited to eat sh-t, one declines … with a smile …
wipe that sh-t-eating grin off your face …