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crapstorm

noun

Etymology

From crap + storm.

  1. derived from *(s)twerH-✻ — “to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”
  2. derived from *sturmaz✻ — “storm”
  3. inherited from *sturm✻ — “storm”
  4. derived from storm — “tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”
  5. inherited from storm — “disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”
  6. compounded as crapstorm — “crap + storm”

Definitions

  1. Euphemistic form of shitstorm (both senses).

    • Watergate and that creep Nixon; the sheriff drove north through the night listening to every detail of the national crapstorm cascading down on anything Republican, the moment at last arriving when […]
    • 2020 was one long, howling, Category 5 crapstorm.

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