Where does the expression, shit eating grin, come from?
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misshell on fire
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LOL! Way down here in the deep South!
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I'm going to guess that this expression came about because of the way your mouth/face looks when you say "eat shit." The teeth are bared and very much like a big smile. Furthermore, one can EASILY say the "eat shit" phrase to someone with a big smile on their face, covering the fact (from afar at least) that you are insulting them.
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In Book XXI of his History of Rome, Livy describes a Carthaginian sect of coprophages, the risus faecivorus, or shit-eating grin, being commonly displayed by its adherents.
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