shitbox

Noun

1. A dump; a run-down, messy or disgusting item.
   • My house is a shitbox.
   • Mother and I inhabited a little two-bedroom shitbox out in the Maritimo Brothers development known as “Avondale.” - 2010, Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick:
2. An old and decrepit automobile.
   • What's funny about the comparison between a 70's car and a 00's shitbox, is that the difference is almost as drastic in the 10 years that have passed. - 2016, Kaleido Motoring, “2002 Kia Spectra: Regular Car Reviews”,...
   • It's a Ferrari! It's a shitbox! - 2013, Rush:

   Synonyms: jalopy shitheap banger beater bucket of bolts bucket of rust clunker crate crock flivver hooptie junker lemon old banger rattletrap rustbucket shed shitbox shitpot shitcan shitbucket tin Lizzie wreck

3. A contemptible person.
   • The rural townies are so backward they make the supporting cast of Deliverance look like Rhodes' scholars (including a Vietnam vet who refers to himself as "a time bomb ready to go off"), and the tourists are...
   • "You shitbox!" Ellen roared. "You piece of living shit!" - 2008, Julie Mars, Anybody Any Minute, page 316:
   • Just shy of six months before that shitbox Schaffer burst into his office, the General leaned back in his chair and entwined his meaty fingers behind his head. - 2012, Aaron Overfield, Veil: