batshit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of batshit
First recorded in 1970–75; bat 2 ( def. ) + shit ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Co-owner Cannon-Brookes, who in 2019 called the project "completely batshit insane" when he first invested in it, on Wednesday said he still fully backed the project's ambition and team.
From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2023
“Sometimes I joke about America: Y’all are batshit crazy, but you’re my kind of crazy.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2019
These days, there is really NO utterance too outlandishly vile or fist-gnawingly batshit that people will not regard it as having “started an important conversation”.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2019
Still, I hope they do more batshit stuff like the amnesia-crossover intro in upcoming episodes.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2013
Moving from bizarrely retrograde to outright batshit, we turn to former Slate blogger and current failed Senate candidate Mickey Kaus, who, considering the first lady's utterly unremarkable trip to Spain, postulates "three levels of perception."
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2010
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