batshit

noun
/ˈbæt.ʃɪt/

Etymology

Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit.

Definitions

  1. Fecal matter produced by bats.

  2. Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.

    • Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly.
  3. Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.

    • Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.
    • And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went batshit!
    • Those subpoenas went out today! The front office is gonna go batshit!
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.

      • When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.

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