(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
batshit
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for batshit.
Editorial note
If you ever work with batshit insane devs tripping over each other, you respect the idea of those unbreakable interfaces.
Quick take
(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of batshit gathered in one view.
(vulgar, literally) Fecal matter produced by bats.
(slang, vulgar) Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for batshit.
noun
(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
noun
(vulgar, literally) Fecal matter produced by bats.
adjective
(slang, vulgar) Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.
adverb
(slang) Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.
Example sentences
If you ever work with batshit insane devs tripping over each other, you respect the idea of those unbreakable interfaces.
So given that you are way out in batshit-crazy tinfoil-hat land, what’s in it for me to talk to you?
And it's not obvious, because it drives founders (who are atypically savvy about startups) batshit.
Fact-free batshit political polemic, complete with editorialized title to make it appear compatible with HN.
It was full bull-goose batshit crazy; basically unreadable psychobabble power-blended with scientology-class buzzwords.
If that doesn't sound completely batshit insane to you, you have a problem.
I still don't see, in the absence of grotesque military spending, anyone going batshit insane with conquest.
It's a batshit crazy solution which will never actually happen -- but even when I'm sober, I still think it would work.
The problem is that they go out of their way to add some batshit crazy stuff like this, or cripple themselves without a reason, when they could be so much better with small and simple additions.
I guess that's a long winded way of saying I don't think they're obviously batshit insane wackos, they have ideas that should be heard.
Everybody I mentioned it to seemed to think I was batshit insane.
Either that or the Swiss are batshit insane.
Quote examples
Normally "sane" countries (Germany, Italy, Russia WW1) that go over the brink economically tend to go batshit crazy, and put into power the worst elements from their society, and invest even more control in authoritarian hands.
LOL Rational Wiki quote (endnote refs left in): "His work and expertise in computer technology[9][10] has been all but overshadowed by his batshit insane wingnut tendencies in the wake of 9/11, as well as his increasingly wanky ego-gazing[11][12] as he acknowledges that people aren't so crazy about him anymore.
I'm not saying that the US government isn't behaving batshit crazy wrt hackers ever since around the Kevin Mitnick case, or that the current laws makes sense -- nor that the priorities makes sense -- just that "having an off-site backup" isn't a defence against a rouge state.
For example, this completely batshit idea in Gmail, when I click on Hangouts Conversation icon (middle icon bottom left), and then click on the magnifying glass to search, type in "mom" and this fucking goddamn piece of shit displays everyone's mom and not my mom.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use batshit in a sentence?
If you ever work with batshit insane devs tripping over each other, you respect the idea of those unbreakable interfaces.
What does batshit mean?
(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
What part of speech is batshit?
batshit is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.