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  • (I took it a lot better than the one and only time a bird shit on me: I was in the fourth grade and I was so mortified that I'd been targeted by a shithawk, I locked myself in a bathroom stall and sobbed uncontrollably.)

    Where am I going...and why am I in this handbasket? 2008

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  • Coined by Mr. Lahey, the trailer park supervisor in the Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys, to describe his vigilance of the boys' criminal activity.

    "I'm watching you like a shithawk."

    January 26, 2010

  • I love Trailer Park Boys, though I missed the last few seasons, for some weird reason.

    *runs to Netflix, adds to queue*

    Are there any Canuckistanis in the house? This belongs on a list, and I'm not sure I'm qualified.

    April 13, 2010

  • This term has been around much longer than the Trailer Park Boys.

    Typically it refers to seagulls.

    November 21, 2016

  • I always understood this to refer to a person who stirs up trouble, and/or enjoys watching others argue and fight. 
    I found this which says it is "a person who does not prevent bad behavior," per students at University of Leicester (UK)

    November 22, 2016

  • a valid description of trump.

    November 23, 2016