shitstem

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of shit +‎ system

Noun

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shitstem (plural shitstems)

  1. (Rastafari, vulgar, derogatory) An oppressive sociopolitical system.
    • 1992, Tell, numbers 27-39, page 34:
      I speak for the people through protest music because I am part of the downtrodden being oppressed by the shitstem.
    • 2012, Ralph C. Hamm III, Manumission: The Liberated Consciousness of a Prison(er) Abolitionist:
      The United States of Amerik.k.k.a is responsible for founding four unique shitstems of incarceration, according to Angela Y. Davis, []