shitstorm noun2 •(slang, vulgar) A chaotic and unpleasant or violent situation.The hell with Brown […] He's been missing all the shit storms. It's his turn. — 1948 •(vulgar) Considerable backlash from the public.When Abbott stated openly that his plan involved a new tax of 1.7% on large companies with big profit margins - those, in fact, most able to pay - he provoked a near universal shitstorm. — 2010 formsshitstorms