Noun
Shinola (uncountable)
Euphemism for shit.
Iraq hasn't suddenly 'slipped back into' this backward and benighted state. It was bombed there by a mulish military power which didn't know Shiite from Shinola. [translated from German]. Ilana Mercer
The hotel’s walls have a palette of cream, camel and “Shinola blue,” a shade of navy blue that was derived from a fleck of paint found in a former Singer sewing machine factory, one of the five downtown buildings Shinola occupies. Source: Internet
Adventures in authenticity at Shinola continued: 'The hotel only Detroit could build'? Source: Internet
One of my dad's favorite expressions for someone who didn't know anything was that he "couldn't tell sh*t from Shinola." Source: Internet
Russo, 44, said Thursday that she's leaving Shinola to take a professional break and possibly launch a new company in Detroit, which she had made her home since moving to town from New York City. Source: Internet
Shinola pays its people well; provides amazing medical benefits; and even pays them above-market wages while training them right in its own factory. Source: Internet