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batcrap

adj
/ˈbætkɹæp/US

Etymology

From bat + crap, as a euphemism for batshit.

  1. derived from krappen
  2. derived from crappe
  3. derived from crape
  4. inherited from crappe
  5. compounded as batcrap — “bat + crap”

Definitions

  1. Too irrational to be dealt with sanely.

    • What I like is a certain ambiguity in a story, but I've come to understand over the years that that drives most people absolutely batcrap!

  2. Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.

  3. Nonsense, hogwash.

    • "God, that is such… such batcrap!" Edith exploded.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for batcrap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA