Definder - what does the word mean?

What is hit the fan?

When things get chaotic or uncontrolable, shit has hit the fan.

3,000 people were waiting for the movie 7 hours before it opened. When it was announced that the movie would not be showing, 50 chimps on motorcycles parachuted down from the sky. The monkeys pulled out assorted automatic assault weapons and then the shit hit the fan.

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hit the fan - video


Hit the fan - what is it?

1. When the critical moment occurs, usually involves the culmination of some sort of crisis or scandal.

2. When shit is literally slung into a fan. (See the movie Airplane.)

When your wife finds out, the shit's gonna hit the fan.

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What does "hit the fan" mean?

When something like an argument, fight or a problem happens and it turns bad and/or gets out of control.

Property owner: "I'VE TOLD YOU THREE TIMES TO GET OFF MY PROPERTY! You need to leave NOW before shit hits the fan.

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Hit the fan - what does it mean?

Expression - A derivative of the original: "The excrement made physical contact with a hydro-electric powered oscillating air current distribution device". Used primarily to describe a set of circumstances where events became inflamed to a point that control was lost.

Her insults rolled of me like water but the shit hit the fan after she claimed to possess information leading to proof that my Mother wore Army boots.

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Hit the fan - meaning

Basically, this is when emotions break loose and people get hurt. A literal meaning would be that shit gets on everybody due to the intrinsic nature of the fan.

"I found out my brother was sleeping with my wife, and that's when shit hit the fan."

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Hit the fan - definition

The point at which "the shit hits the fan" is the point at which an already unstable situation devolves into utter chaos, often in spite of--or even due to--a higher authority's attempt to control it.

"But what happens if the cops try to suppress the protest?"
"Well, then, the shit hits the fan."
"A full-scale riot?"
"Exactly."

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Hit the fan - slang

When an action takes place bringing about a number of undesiarable consequences.

The shit realy hit the fan just about the time we shot at that S.W.A.T. guy.

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Hit the fan

An expression that which a horrible disaster or something big has happened, or just going out of control

When I heard that loud thud of the boat exploding, I knew shit hit the fan.

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Hit the fan

It is a play on the term "shit hits the fan" used as the name of the first episode of the fifth season of South Park. In the episode they say the word "shit" 162 times. The cursing became justifies and aired uncensored.

Jane: My favorite episode is It Hits the Fan

Rose: Mine's Crippled Summer

Jane: YOU'RE DEAD TO ME!!!

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Hit the fan

to become publicly known(see also the shit hits the fan)

We better edit this story before it hits the fan.

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