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SHTF
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Phrase
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en slang euphemism en (when the) shit hits the fan: used among survivalists to refer to an apocalyptic event.
en 2019 Thomas Milan Konda Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America University of Chicago Press 9780226585765 323 https://books.google.com/books?id=cfGIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA323&dq=%22SHTF%22&hl=&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22SHTF%22&f=false 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.
See also
en TEOTWAWKI
Anagrams
en fhst HFTs