Shitbucks

English

Etymology

Blend of shit +‎ Starbucks.

Proper noun

Shitbucks

1. (vulgar, derogatory, rare) Starbucks.
   • 1999 April 9, [e-mail], “Expresso [sic]”, in rec.food.drink.coffee‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     I told a story a while ago about a guy who I stood next to in line at Shitbucks. He was a regular and[ ]there was a new barista (a girl about 18 years old who prolly never drank a cup of anything better than Maxwell House), who was heard to say "Expresso."

   • 2000 December 29, Dave Thompson, “why such meanies???”, in pdx.general‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     If you were in downtown Portland then some of it could have been because people down there are sick and tired of being hit up for change by losers that they treat anybody without a suit and tie like they were some teenager bumming change for a Latte at Shitbucks.

   • 2005 November 29, Bill Benzel, “Help a girl out....”, in rec.food.drink.beer‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     There's a coffee shop about 5 miles from my home where they roast on premise all day so any time I'm Jonesing for the aromatics and sounds I can take a ride, buy a cuppa good, not shitbucks, coffee and partake of all the smells and popping sounds too.

   • 2006 August 19, Gooserider, quoting *~* Magda *~*, “Rupert Everett has branded the Starbucks coffee chain a "cancer"”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     While I ... agree with the idea of supporting local business, if Starbucks didn't make a ... cup of coffee people liked, they wouldn't be as successful as they are. Shuuuuuuure... Because, before Shitbucks, people were drinking coffee they didn't like.

   • 2008 August 2, Bobs, “Starbucks in its death throes?”, in nz.general‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Shitbucks has 20 stores in Auckland - every one I've seen seems to be a ghost shop. No one inside at all. They can't be making money. Especially with their terrible fucking coffee. My dead granny makes better coffee

   • 2020 March 16, Frank Furhter, “Pinball prices post COV-19”, in rec.games.pinball‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Then you get it to be the epicenter of entitlement, and also of expense, along with dreary weather most of 1/2 of the year, and oh boy the fish that are nuclear, and planes that fall out of the sky, software that is designed to spy on you and also be defective, coffee at spot of 1.25 selling for 5-10 times that both in bags and on the pull from Shitbucks, and then we talk about pinball machines. :)

   • 2024 January 17, 🌈💐🌻🌺🌹🌻💐🌷🌺🌈Jen🌈💐🌻🌺🌹🌻💐🌷🌺🌈 Dershmender 💐🌻🌺🌹🌻💐🌷🌺🐶笛🌈💐🌻🌺🌹🌻💐🌷🌺🌈, “Re: 🏳️‍🌈Freezing🏳️‍🌈”, in alt.flame‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Anyone with a grinder at home can have better coffee than Shitbucks for $12 a month.