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  • adjective slang Intended to be perceived as fantastic, but actually of extremely poor quality.

Etymologies

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Blend of crap and fantastic

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Examples

  • October 10, 2007 in craptastic, television reviews

    Hey, maybe people aren’t as stupid as I think they are! Whoopee! « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2007

  • September 20, 2007 in craptastic, rants, television reviews the first 14 minutes of the Bionic Woman have been posted online, click below to watch, but be warned, you will probably want to claw your eyes out, even if there are no bionic eyes with which to replace them. it is a pretty horrible 14 minutes.

    the first 14 minutes of The Bionic Woman…oy. « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2007

  • James regales the listener with tales of laundry, creditor calls and all around "craptastic" days.

    Latest stories 2010

  • "craptastic" (if I used that term at all) to apply to media that skips / fails before 50\%, and maybe use the word "bad" to apply to media that skips / fails from 51\% to 90\% of capacity.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2008

  • Not because it will be good -- I can guarantee that it won't be, based on the craptastic filmography that is Bay's career especially the Transformers films.

    Marshall Fine: Curtains for 3D, Comic-Con? Marshall Fine 2011

  • In most respects the figure of the first man to reach space, rising atop a giant titanium column, is typically craptastic socialist realism: oversize millenarian muscle, chiseled to world-dominating perfection.

    Across the Universe 2009

  • “You did just buy me a cup of this craptastic coffee, you know.”

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • I hate to see legal issues screw up a project .... but maybe it's just God trying to save us from a third craptastic MK film.

    Lawsuit Might Hold Up Mortal Kombat Reboot | /Film 2010

  • “You did just buy me a cup of this craptastic coffee, you know.”

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Not because it will be good -- I can guarantee that it won't be, based on the craptastic filmography that is Bay's career especially the Transformers films.

    Marshall Fine: Curtains for 3D, Comic-Con? Marshall Fine 2011

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  • I actually heard this in a lecture this morning. It woke me up.

    March 4, 2009

  • I should say it would!

    March 5, 2009

  • Something that is so bad it's good.

    June 15, 2009

  • See also craptacular.

    September 5, 2011