Stercus nullum

[Cami]

No shit in latin. This term fulfills the extreme need in academic discourse for a less noxious alternative to No shit [No shit Sherlock] Captain Obvious [Thank you Captain Obvious]. Since academic discourse often favors [stilted], unclear, and symbolically embellished phrasing, latinates -- correct or incorrect -- really do the trick. So stercus nullum fulfills both roles -- viz., provides appropriately pompous and stilted way to say no shit on occasions where the precise meaning and impact of [no shit Sherlock] is called for.