pits

pits
1. n. the armpits. (Usually crude.)
Man, you have a problem in your pits.
Who’s got the smelly pits in here?
2. the pits n. anything really bad. (Always with the in this sense.)
Life is the pits.
This whole day was the pits from beginning to end.
3. the pits n. the depths of despair. (Always with the in this sense. Often with in as in the example.)
It’s always the pits ith him.
She’s depressed and in the pits.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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