Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. fecal matter produced by bats
- adj. slang Too irrational to be dealt with sanely.
- adv. slang Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.
Etymologies
- 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. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's enough to drive anyone with half a brain batshit crazy.”
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“If you’re going to express confidence in batshit schemes, why not a moat filled with sharks with frickin’ laser beams?”
“It's the sort of thing I tend to call a batshit story, and though this term has not caught on as the latest literary, uh, movement, it's the only label that seems to fit so much of the sort of writing I love.”
“I've seen some hilarious responses to that not very well thought out post, but I haven't seen any "batshit" responses.”
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“Can you please provide the links to the "liberal bloggers" who went "batshit" and then explain what you mean by "batshit"?”
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“Or is asking for a specific clear statement too "batshit" for everyone?”
Trippi, Edwards Campaign Respond To Adviser Who Slammed Blogosphere
“If that's what you mean by going "batshit," then we're in perfect agreement.”
Trippi, Edwards Campaign Respond To Adviser Who Slammed Blogosphere
“I enjoyed certain "batshit" stories when I was little.”
“And yeah, anyone who uses the term "batshit" is default a complete moron until they prove otherwise, in my book.”
"The disdain is palpable," Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes about Andrew Sullivan writing about me.
“No one should have to deal with this kind of batshit insanity when they first turn on their computer.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘batshit’.
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Words without the letter E
chord, slur, anabaptist, anabolic, diabolic, turbid, torpid, somniloquist, trump, bipolar, dioxin, hydrocarbon and 107 more...
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shit phrases
various ways shit is used
All assholes are not created equal Some are purely a doorway for excrement to exit whilst others can actually speak Shit”
shit happens, shit-bird, shit-bag, shitbox, same shit,differe..., shit fit, shitheap, shit-hot, shit-list, shit paper, shit-pot, shit sandwich and 233 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
wunderkammer's Words
smarmy, bubkes, elucidate, togs, aeolian, carp, kibosh, bosky, ramshackle, mange, harpy, effervesce and 163 more...
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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Favorite Words That Aren't Really Words
Whether slang, acronyms, or madeupical, they're too good not to put on some list or other. See the companion list, "Favorite Words That Are Really More Like Phrases," here.
pwned, craptacular, embiggen, phwoar, dealie-bob, doojiggy, bootylicious, craptastic, ^_^, π, oo-ee-oo-ah-ah-ti..., gustnado and 326 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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States of being
seeress, honey bucket, donkeyman, poopyhead, halfwit, vixenish, galoot, hoity toity, shitkicker, miserabilist, wanker, clueless and 261 more...
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loonie
Inspired by Peter Reading's "Euphemisms".
crackers, potty, loony, bonkers, nutty, screwy, ga-ga, dull, strange, do-lally, dopey, silly and 83 more...
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simple & useful 16
walter mitty, countervailing, fulcrum, wayfaring, in arrears, calculatingly, versification, fetching, circumfluous, intertwisted, graven image, whammo and 81 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for batshit.

reesetee Uh huh. Just checking. Jun 20, 2008
chained_bear Yes, it's there as guano. Jun 20, 2008
reesetee Here's another question, c_b: Would this qualify as an entry on your Specific Excrement list? Jun 20, 2008
chained_bear See also the interesting conversation that's sprung up (like so many toadstools) over on batshit crazy. Jun 19, 2008
reesetee I do so love usage questions like that. Feb 18, 2007
abraxaszugzwang It can be used with or without crazy. Feb 18, 2007
chained_bear Does "batshit" have to be used with "crazy"? I always use it by itself--e.g. "screendoor drives me batshit." Feb 18, 2007
reesetee Even better if you don't give a rat's ass. Feb 17, 2007
oroboros Leave us not forget the ever-popular: ratshit! Feb 17, 2007
reesetee I favor apeshit myself. Feb 17, 2007
abraxaszugzwang I'm fond of the phrase batshit crazy Feb 17, 2007