Etymograph

English

shitrag

From shit + rag.

A compound of shit + rag

Proto-Germanic *skitiz

Proto-West Germanic *skiti

Old English *sċite ‘dung’

Middle English schit

English shit

Proto-Germanic *rawwa-

Old Norse rǫgg ‘tuft’

Old English ragg

Middle English ragge ‘rag, cloth scrap’

English rag

Today it means

noun A terrible newspaper.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shitrag”. 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 / shitrag