This article is about the word "shit". For egestion of bodily wastes, see feces and defecation.

Shit is a vulgar word in Modern English denoting feces (faeces). It is a native English word, but Latin terms for many common objects and bodily functions came to be seen as more distinguished than native words,^{[citation needed]} and thereafter feces became the accepted English noun, to defecate became the accepted English verb, and shit was no longer used in polite company.