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Enough with the shanter! Bring something worth while to the conversation!
Used to express disgust at a perceived situation or person who has led to what is colloquially known as "banter death". The word is derived from the ancient Norse words "shi'eet" and "bounter", equivalent to modern day English "awful" and "chat" respectively.
In the 21st Century, the word's increased use has led to the creation of a number of variants. Chief among those that are accepted by the OED are:
- shanterrific (adjective)
- shanterful (adjective)
Amongst the more controversial recent variants of the word are:
- shantastic (adjective)
- shantabulous (adjective)
It is worth noting that the adoption of these latter two by a large number of youths has been the subject of much debate and their usage remains frowned upon in certain circles.
Said on seeing a friend attempting - and failing - to ride his small-engine moped over a straight stretch of road: "Shanter!"
"Look, Dave just fell of his moped, how absolutely shanterrific!"
Said on seeing a friend's repair bill after crashing and damaging a rented moped: "Well, this is pretty unbelievably shanterrific!"
Shanter is shit banter, occuring most frequently between women, under false belief that they are indeed partaking in banter.
The girl, trying to be funny told a joke. None of the lads laughed - Shanter
Why did the man cross the road? Because his dick was on the other side - Shanter
This is a description of a situation.
"thats a shanter"- shanter being a term of emapthy concerning
someones extreme misfortune.
"im sorry to hear about that, its a real shanter"
"thats a pure shanter"
Shit Banter. When someone has a complete lack of chat to the point that someone has to point it out
Lucy thought that Craig had no chat, and was exhibiting classic Shanter
Shanter (Shit+Banter) is what happens whenever Mez attempts to engage in banter with the lads. It is impossible for Mez to engage in quality banter.
Mez tells a joke to the lads - Shanter.
Georgia Chandler is full of shanter, come back when you have something good to say!