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crapflood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From crap + flood.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A large amount.
    • Compared to Win98 or(god forbid) ME, XP is quite an upgrade, if and ONLY if you spend the time to turn off the crapflood of "usability" and "convenience" features. 2004 February 14, Adam Haun, “Re: (ot) for you older arcade freaks...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
    • It isn't the *UK* that has demanded this crapflood of paperwork, it is the *EU*. It could be said that this is one of the realities of Juncker's threat. 2021 October 18, Spike, “Re: Brexit - yes/no in hindsight?”, in uk.legal.moderated (Usenet):
  2. (Internet, slang) A large amount. ▸ A large amount of worthless text sent in an online community; an instance of crapflooding.
    • Strangely enough, you often have something intelligent to say, but when you post the same crapflood about ten times in a row it gets boring. COLA is all about trolls, it wouldn't exist if it wasn't for trolls. 2001 July 6, Stuart Fox, “Re: Linux crashed again. It's no better than Windows.”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
    • I originally came here looking for LASIK advice, and I got it... and a lot of entertainment and interesting information along the way. But now, I feel that there is not much point to hanging around. I don't intend to return and lurk, as I'm sure a crapflood of silly responses will follow (one of the reasons to leave, unfortunately). 2006 June 9, Ryan, “Good Night and Good Luck”, in alt.lasik-eyes (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crapfloods Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

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crapflood en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From crap + flood.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To send large amounts of worthless text in an online community.
    • WTF, I ussually can keep up with the mindless crap posted here, but what is the inside joke on the WTC towers? ¶ More spam crapflooded about this in the last hour than ZeeZaw, which is rare. What gives? 2001 September 11, Budec, “WTC?”, in alt.slack (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crapflooded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crapflooded Tense=Past lexicographic
crapflooding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crapfloods Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

crapflooder