shit-eating grin

Meaning

Noun

A broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.

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Origin

Possibly from a contraction of "grinning like a ’possum eating shit" , later detached from meaning and persisting due to its vividness (cf. "there are many ways to skin a cat").

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