Slangora

batshit

(slang, vulgar) Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.

ˈbæt.ʃɪtCurrent143 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
🗺️ Regional & Other
3 definitions
Community
Seen in the wild
10 citations · last seen May 2026

Seen in the wild

Definitions

Avoid at work
#1·Apr 26, 2026

(slang, vulgar) Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.

Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.
Was this helpful?

Comments

Avoid at work
#2·Apr 26, 2026

(vulgar, literally) Fecal matter produced by bats.

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly.
Origin: Presumably from 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Heard in the wild
  • “i can 100% predict Farage will not be heading to Downing Street at the general election. I can be pretty sure the country will not want Tories back in office. So it is the batshit crazy greens or Labour. I know which one i am not picking.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “He's not planning to leave and he's going to lock himself in there. He's batshit crazy 🤬”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Now Trump is announcing peace and war in the same statement. It’s completely incoherent batshit lunacy.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Batshit lunacy is electing this fukwit TWICE.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “‘Just Look at Her’: Trump Faces Backlash After Awkward Exchange with Young Girl Goes Viral flip.it/5jW3OM BATSHIT CRAZY”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
Was this helpful?

Comments

Avoid at work
#3·Apr 26, 2026

(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.

See it in action
  • “The premise of Tenet is batshit crazy and completely incomprehensible and yet it’s still a very fun watch.”

  • “Most of the things that happen in entertainment are "because the business wasn't worked out." Those stories rarely make it to the public though. It's usually because creatives are batshit, but that's a whole different conversation.”

  • “As I held the imagined 8 year old sobbing version of myself, through her tears she said one word: “Mummy” And it kinda went from there. And I appreciate how utterly batshit this sounds. But it’s working.”

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly.
Heard in the wild
  • “it’s not just the batshit ranting that has Donny’s poll numbers in the shitter. everyone can also see that Donny’s a physically deteriorating mess who can no longer walk a simple straight line. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8a3...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Most of the things that happen in entertainment are "because the business wasn't worked out." Those stories rarely make it to the public though. It's usually because creatives are batshit, but that's a whole different conversation.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The premise of Tenet is batshit crazy and completely incomprehensible and yet it’s still a very fun watch.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “As I held the imagined 8 year old sobbing version of myself, through her tears she said one word: “Mummy” And it kinda went from there. And I appreciate how utterly batshit this sounds. But it’s working.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Is this the batshit presser we just watched? What was it supposed to be about? Please make it stop.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
Was this helpful?

Comments

Have a better definition?

Add your own interpretation of "batshit".

Add definition

🗺️About Regional & Other slang

Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.

See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.

Tags

Other words near "batshit" (B)

Browse all slang words starting with B.

Related terms

People also read

Semantically related