Type "batshit crazy" into Dictionary.com, and here is what you get:

begin_within

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 12:40 AM
Original message

Type "batshit crazy" into Dictionary.com, and here is what you get:

Above is a screen shot, to save you the trouble.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

file83

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 12:42 AM
Response to Original message

1. LOL - Bush has 2 - count 'em - TWO entries under "crazy" - too funny!!

:rofl:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

TahitiNut

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 12:42 AM
Response to Original message

2. Heuristics are fun.

:silly:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Richard Steele

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 12:43 AM
Response to Original message

3. Nice find, Bob! recommended.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

krispos42

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 01:01 AM
Response to Original message

4. katherine harris has her own urbandictionary.com entry...

1. Katherine Harris crazy 345 up, 18 down

(n.) As insanely optimistic as Congresswoman Katherine Harris. Usually characterized by an overly optimistic estimation of someone's chances of achieving success.

Did you hear Jim just bought 500 dollars in lottery tickets? That boy is Katherine Harris crazy if he thinks he's going to hit the jackpot.

<snip>

2. Katherine Harris crazy 46 up, 16 down

a) a person interested in bringing about the Apocolypse. Only slightly less dangerous than global warming,
"Katherine Harris crazy" is vetrinarilly synonymous with an animal being "rabid." See also Adolf Hitler; Pol Pot; Joseph Stalin; Sauron; George W. Bush; Emperor Palpatine; Blue Duck; the two Asiain-American dudes that always drag race John Cusak's character (Lane Meyer)in Better Off Dead; Khhhhaaannnnn!!!!!; evil genius Vince McMahon; Lex Luthor; the kid in second grade who kicked my ass.

b) someone whose head is so far up their own ass that they lose their sense of sight, except of course for the sight of their own sigmoid colon.

Dude, puttin' these muthafuckin' snakes on a muthafuckin' plane is muthafuckin' Katherine Harris crazy.

I love the "See also" list in definition 2...

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

whistle

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 01:03 AM
Response to Original message

5. Well dah, shrub*n could be credited as being the other three as well

...but more interesting would be, what is in batshit which makes one crazy? Any DU guano miners out there who could help establish an understanding here?

1. bat-shit crazy

Acting in a generally insane manner; Tom Cruise.

When Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch, he proved he was bat-shit crazy.

tags tom cruise scientologists celebrities sane insane
by Lorraine Bates Hill Valley Jul 30, 2006

2. bat-shit crazy

One step beyond just plain crazy. It is usually a temporary thing...sparked by something unexpected, or just really awful.

As soon as he saw me humping his mom, he went bat-shit crazy.

by ithaqua Apr 13, 2003 email it
3. bat-shit crazy

Crazy to a degree bordering on complete insanity. The state in which one makes decisions which make the exact opposite of sense.

See also: bat-shit

Why did Erin cheat on you with that greaseball?
- Because she's bat-shit crazy.

<snip>

batshit crazy

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by William W. Webb on November 17, 2006 at 03:25:30:
What is the etymology of the phrase "batshit crazy" or "bat shit crazy"?

Does this have something to do with a malady afflicting guano miners?

Or is histoplasmosis or nitrate poisoning involved?

Re: batshit crazy

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by ESC on November 17, 2006 at 10:25:36:
In Reply to: batshit crazy posted by William W. Webb on November 17, 2006 at 03:25:30:

Bats = crazy. Probably from the way they fly around in a seemingly crazy manner. I don't know how bat-sh*t crazy would have evolved.

Re: batshit crazy

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by pamela on November 17, 2006 at 10:51:23:
In Reply to: Re: batshit crazy posted by ESC on November 17, 2006 at 10:25:36:

"Boring as bat sh*t" is a very common expression which has been around for at least 20 years in Australia, although why bs would be boring I don't know. Pamela

Re: batshit crazy

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by R. Berg on November 18, 2006 at 00:42:47:
In Reply to: Re: batshit crazy posted by pamela on November 17, 2006 at 10:51:23:

Doesn't "bats" as an adjective meaning crazy come from "to have bats in the belfry"? ~rb

Holy Shit, Batman!
March 21, 2006 9:25 AM Subscribe
Where do apeshit and batshit come from?

I understand the biological processes okay, but I can't figure out where the expressions "go apeshit" and "batshit insane" come from. The first seems like it might have something to do with flinging poo, but the second makes no sense at all.

Does exposure to guano cause insanity? Is it just a really crazy situation when a bat shits on you?

http://ask.metafilter.com/34797/Holy-Shit-Batman

This topic is making me batshit crazy!
:crazy: :silly:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

cascadiance

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 08:36 AM
Response to Original message

6. Try misunderestimated...

Edited on Thu Aug-23-07 08:41 AM by calipendence

Another from dictionary.com would be "village idiot".

I also find it interesting that their definition of 'neocon" has FDR as a hero of neoconservatives. WTF?

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
neocon
by 1987, abbreviation for neo-conservative in the U.S. political sense.

"Neoconservatism is the first variant of American conservatism in the past century that is in the 'American grain.' It is hopeful, not lugubrious; forward-looking, not nostalgic; and its general tone is cheerful, not grim or dyspeptic. Its 20th-century heroes tend to be TR, FDR, and Ronald Reagan. Such Republican and conservative worthies as Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, and Barry Goldwater are politely overlooked."

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

begin_within

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Aug-23-07 08:57 AM
Response to Reply #6

7. That was obviously written by a neocon.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Mon May 06th 2024, 04:58 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.