SHTF

Initialism of (when the) shit hits the fan: used among survivalists to refer to an apocalyptic event.

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Initialism of (when the) shit hits the fan: used among survivalists to refer to an apocalyptic event.
- Some people, however, combine TEOTWAWKI with the immediacy of SHTF—“shit hits the fan,” the ideas of which were initially a response to the civil rights activities in the 1960s. - 2019, Thomas Milan Konda, Conspiracies...