Rural Dictionary

crock of shit

As slang, 'a crock of shit' is similar to 'a white lie'.

It's poetic metaphor: consider that a crock pot cooks food slowly but thoroughly, which has advantages above just tenderizing. For example, before refrigeration, people had to more frequently encounter meat that may have been starting to spoil, and had to do something to make use of it. They would do what they could to kill off the bacteria as best as possible, perpetuating the popularity of slow cooking. Soups are sometimes good for this too, since the bacteria has a better chance of dying off with meat cooked through and through.

The coorelation here is in the exaggeration that implies that a crock of shit should be harmless, if the bacteria is eliminated. The truth is that even food that is too rancid, even when cooked thoroughly, is still bad for you. Kill off the bacteria in a pile of shit and it's still nonedible. Comparing deception to shit, sometimes people try to justify their behavior while claiming that they are also mitigating the side effects. Sometimes they get called out by someone else as its being a crock of shit. Simply put, with the context this is usually used with, no matter how it's prepared, scandal is probably bad for you.

* Supposedly, modern sewage treatment is a different idea altogether.

Those laws are a crock of shit.

by The whizzer of AZ November 26, 2015

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Crock of shit

An acceptable term in describing the $700B Bailout Bill passed on October 3, 2008 by the American government to help support failing corporations that don't have any business existing.

The wooden arrow clause in that bailout is a crock of shit.

by amyc519 October 3, 2008

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