Dictionary

craptabulous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Italic *fāōr Latin for, fā- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bula Latin fābula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulous blend English fantabulous blend English craptabulous Blend of crap + fantabulous.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) Extremely awful.
   • […] The same industry friends who have said that my career is dead because of one craptabulous movie?” 2011, Cheris Hodges, Too Hot for TV, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 28:
   • So Kenny stayed back and said notliing, and the dude took his issues and limped up to the register, and life went on, every bit as craptabulous as before, the whole thing a nonevent, a not-amazing nonstory. 2008, Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, Random House, published 2009, →ISBN, page 170:
   • Same problem that plagues nearly all amateur video - craptabulous sound. 2009 October 21, Wolfgang Wildeblood, “Re: Anyone check out my video?”, in aus.tv (Usenet):

Forms

Synonyms

craptacular · crapperific · craptastic