Etymograph

English

shitflation

Blend of shit + inflation.

A blend of shit + inflation

Proto-Germanic *skitiz

Proto-West Germanic *skiti

Old English *sċite ‘dung’

Middle English schit

English shit

Latin flō ‘blow’

Latin īnflō ‘blow into, expand’

Latin īnflātus ‘inflated, having been blown into’

Latin īnflātiō ‘expansion", "blowing up’

Old French inflation ‘swelling’

English inflation

Today it means

noun The practice of products being made with lower-quality materials so they break down quickly, forcing consumers to buy replacements more often.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shitflation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / shitflation