English Explanatory Dictionary

the pits

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something miserable or unpleasant.

Word forms

the pits

Etymology

Theorized to be a shortened form of armpits, i.e., somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable. First use appears c. 1953. See cite below.

Synonyms

the dumps
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