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Both words have been around since I was a nipper.
That's 20 years. Does it still count as a neologism?
(, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 13:49, archived)
I don't think it's about how old it is,
so much as how well accepted it is.
(, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 13:50, archived)
Etymonline.com notes
"Shat is a humorous past tense form, not etymological, first recorded 18c."

So it's pretty old, but was made up to be funny.
(, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 13:54, archived)
This.
I know it's not the correct past tense. My dad says it, and I used to find it hilarious when I was little.
(, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 13:57, archived)