Never heard the term "bat crap"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Guy on CNN...said Trump "bat crap" crazy

[Control-Z]

1. Bat shit, politely. eom

[herding cats]

2. That's the kiddie version.

I say 'batshit crazy' pretty often these days when referring to Trump.

[BlueSpot]

3. Bat shit crazy

...it's a popular phrase in the Midwest - maybe elsewhere. Perhaps he edited for tv.

[Doreen]

4. Maybe he just did not want to say the word shit.

I have met people before who say crap instead of shit.

[CentralMass]

5. The reference to batshit crazy.

https://idiomation.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/bat-shit-crazy/

"Scientifically speaking, the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum is found in bat guano and when the fungus infects the brain (a possibility, not a given), it leaves the infected person or animal behaving in a psychotic manner.:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Thanks CM...yes...just never heard bat crap...especially from a repuke calling Trump that.nt

[3catwoman3]

13. Word nerd that I am, I totally...

...love etymology. Thanx for this entertaining link.

[TomSlick]

6. I prefer "Nuttier than squirrel shit."

I don't know why bat shit would be crazier than any other.

[BlueSpot]

8. Not sure but

Perhaps the affiliation with rabies?

[OliverQ]

7. Rick Wilson, he's a Republican.

Very anti-Trump though.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. He is??? Wow..you watching Clapper now? . sobering

[pat_k]

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[pat_k]

10. Urban Dictionary: Batshit Crazy "... the craziest of crazy people are 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.

[NBachers]

14. It's like saying "Crazier than an outhouse rat" instead of "Crazier than a shithouse rat."