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Batshit

//ˈbæt.ʃɪt// adj, adv, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy. slang, vulgar

    "Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms. not-comparable, slang

    "When we heard about it he went batshit nuts."

Noun
  1. 1
    Fecal matter produced by bats. literally, uncountable, vulgar
  2. 2
    Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness. slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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.

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