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batshit crazy 

A person who is batshit crazy is certifiably nuts. The phrase has origins in the old fashioned term "bats in the belfry." Old churches had a structure at the top called a belfry, which housed the bells. Bats are extremely sensitive to sound and would never inhabit a belfry of an active church where the bell was rung frequently. Occasionally, when a church was abandoned and many years passed without the bell being rung, bats would eventually come and inhabit the belfry. So, when somebody said that an individual had "bats in the belfry" it meant that there was "nothing going on upstairs" (as in that person's brain). To be BATSHIT CRAZY is to take this even a step further. A person who is batshit crazy is so nuts that not only is their belfry full of bats, but so many bats have been there for so long that the belfry is coated in batshit. Hence, the craziest of crazy people are BATSHIT CRAZY.
Dude that guy on the corner wears a tinfoil hat and ripped all the wires out of his house so the government couldn't listen to his thoughts.

Really?

Yeah, he's batshit crazy.
batshit crazy by KBLI August 20, 2009
A level of insanity that the word alone cannot justify. Usable as a prefix ("Batshit insane") or on its own.

Popularised by Something Awful, before it was rubbish.
"That Gay Farmers For Jesus site is completely batshit."
batshit by Foul Egg January 20, 2003
To describe something/someone that is beyond crazy and insane.
In particular, insanity to the degree of being extreme.
Also is a way to describe someone who lacks any sense or rationality.
Also describes a state of being crazy.
Synonyms include: irrational, insane, crazy, extreme, delusional, lunatic, etc.
Wow, that bitch who picked a fight with me yesterday was batshit!

batshit eloquence 

When something expressed is so beyond crazy that it makes perfect sense.
As he stood on the street corner yelling out his innermost thoughts, the sheer batshit eloquence of it all swept me off my feet.
Off the deep end, crazy, insane. But worse.

See Gary Busey.
My mom has gone totally batshit; she tried to microwave our cat!
batshit by HolyHeartFailure September 22, 2005

full batshit 

the now-reigning highest level of crazy
The Stable Genius went full batshit last night with his latest rage-tweet, this one about Jack tagging his lies as... drum roll... lies!
full batshit by hodags1966 May 29, 2020
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
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Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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