eat my shorts

eat my shorts

rude slang A dismissal that expresses one's anger or frustration with someone. Popularized as Bart Simpson's catchphrase on The Simpsons. You think I'm going to do all that work for you? Well, eat my shorts!
See also: eat, short
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Eat my shorts!

Sl. Leave me alone!; Nonsense!; Drop dead! You're nuts! Eat my shorts! You think I'm going to clean up after you? Eat my shorts!
See also: eat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Eat my shorts!

sent. Leave me alone!; Nonsense!; Drop dead! You think I’m going to clean up after you? Eat my shorts!
See also: eat
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Eat my shorts!
  • I yam what I yam
  • yam
  • cash is king
  • cash is trash
  • trash
  • sit on it
  • not so much
  • may the Force be without you
  • may the Force not be with you
References in periodicals archive
Blending the comedy fest and Fantasia makes for an ideal fit, says Jean Guerin, artistic director of Comedia and Eat My Shorts!
Rigid have also supplied cases for The Bart Snak-Attak multi-pack, which comprises two packets of Eat My Shorts, two packets of Wedgies and one packet of Bart's Lava Rocks.
Eat My Shorts!, lineup of comedy short films, NFB/ONF Cinema, through July 23
WELL, EAT MY SHORTS! Simpsons are still as funny 20 years on; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
But after her mum's remarks about genes, if I was one of their brood, I'd eat my shorts, burn my training shoes, plonk myself in front of the TV, stuff hamburgers in my mouth and plan a career as an Olympic couch potato.
WELL, EAT MY SHORTS! Simpsons are still as funny 20 years on; CREATOR: Matt; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
EAT my shorts, gotta catch `em all, and my a**e, are not the most eloquent English phrases, but they have caught the public's imagination.
But if she slipped into character and sneered her catchphrase "Eat my shorts", recognition would instantly follow.
Less than three: Eat My Shorts! Write on the blackboard "I am useless" 1,000 times.
The new crisps come in six shapes and flavours, including Bart's Eat My Shorts Pepperoni Pizza favour and Couch Potato Homer's Smoky Barbecue Sauce flavour.
"EAT my shorts!" - Bart in The Simpsons, shown from 1990.