different between batcrap vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• bat-crap

Etymology

bat +? crap, as a euphemism for batshit.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bætk?æp/

Adjective

batcrap (comparative more batcrap, superlative most batcrap)

1. (slang) Too irrational to be dealt with sanely.
   • 2007, The Comics Journal, Issues 280-283, page 89:

     What I like is a certain ambiguity in a story, but I've come to understand over the years that that drives most people absolutely batcrap!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:batcrap.

Synonyms

• batpoop, batshit
• See also Thesaurus:insane.

Adverb

batcrap (not comparable)

1. (slang) Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.
   • 2011, Gary Paulsen, Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception, Wendy Lamb Books (2011), ?ISBN, page 56:

     That kind of behavior made me more certain than ever that, once he was pushed to batcrap-crazy extremes, he'd be forced to see the depth of his obsessions, and then he'd start to develop a more realistic perspective on the whole health nut thing.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:batcrap.

Noun

batcrap (uncountable)

1. (slang) Nonsense, hogwash.
   • 1968, Leslie Waller, The Family, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 315:

     "God, that is such… such batcrap!" Edith exploded.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:batcrap.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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