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Shit happens
Shit happens is a slang phrase that is used as a simple existential observation that life is full of unpredictable events, similar to "c'est la vie". The phrase is an acknowledgment that bad things happen to people seemingly for no particular reason. The phrase was first observed in 1964, but wasn't used in a print publication until 1983. Alternately said, albeit less vulgarly, as "stuff happens".
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Shit happens
"Shit happens" is a common slang phrase, used as a simple existential observation that life is full of imperfections and unforeseeable events, either "Así es la vida" or "C'est la vie". The phrase is an acknowledgment that bad things happen to people for no particular reason. Phrases with similar meaning are such as "stuff happens" or "it happens" and are considered minced oath forms. In the October 14, 1941 episode of the long-running radio show Vic and Sade, "Vic Declines a Cornet Lesson," Sade remarks wearily, "Stuff happens, don't it? Stuff happens." The origin or earliest use of the phrase is uncertain. In a review of The Yale Book of Quotations by Fred Shapiro, The New Yorker critic Louis Menand observed that it was "extremely interesting to know, for instance, that the phrase 'Shit happens' was introduced to print by one Connie Eble, in a publication identified as UNC–CH Slang, in 1983."
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shit happens in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shit happens in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- القرف يحدثArabic
- hovno se staneCzech
- lort skerDanish
- Scheiße passiertGerman
- σκατά συμβαίνειGreek
- feko okazasEsperanto
- cosas pasanSpanish
- گه اتفاق می افتدPersian
- paskaa tapahtuuFinnish
- merde arriveFrench
- a tharlaíonn cacIrish
- गंदगी होता हैHindi
- szar torténikHungarian
- պատահում էArmenian
- sial terjadiIndonesian
- la merda succedeItalian
- חרא קורהHebrew
- たわごとが起こるJapanese
- � ಿಟ್ ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆKannada
- 똥 발생Korean
- accidit stercoreLatin
- shit gebeurtDutch
- shit happensNorwegian
- gówno się dziejePolish
- shit happensPortuguese
- rahat se întâmplăRomanian
- дерьмо случаетсяRussian
- skit händerSwedish
- மலம் நடக்கிறதுTamil
- ఏంటి జరుగుతుందిTelugu
- bok olurTurkish
- лайно трапляєтьсяUkrainian
- گندگی ہوتی ہےUrdu
- chết tiệtVietnamese
- דרעק כאַפּאַנזYiddish
- 狗屎发生Chinese
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