A shitshow is situation that starts out normally, but spins out of control and results in some sort of chaos. "The person put in charge of the Christmas party somehow thought it would be a good idea to have it at a bar this year despite that fact that there are five alcoholics in the company. Of course, two hours into the party, three fights had broken out, Alan from accounting fell down a flight of stairs, Charley from the mail room tried to touch the CEO's wife's breast and the whole shitshow was caught on video by the photographer hired to immortalize the event on film."