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Aug 18, 2011 · Turns out the phrase didn't originate with Hunter S. Thompson, or with Kubrick's Col. "Bat" Guano in Dr. Strangelove. Here are the definitions provided by the OED, along with the earliest citation for each: A worthless or contemptible thing; rubbish, nonsense.
I believe it's a clever play on the older term for the same thing, 'bats in the belfry', a belfry being the top bit of a bell tower. The idea being that a belfry with lots of bats in it will also have lots of bat shit.
Feb 27, 2016 · There is a character in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove named Colonel “Bat” Guano (1964), an obvious reference to “batshit,” and Hunter S. Thompson used the phrase “batshit insane” in the Fear and Loathing books in the early 1970s.
Jan 5, 2021 · What does Batshit Crazy mean? Batshit crazy, sometimes also called guano loco is an expression for people, who have so little going on in their heads, that it is inhabited and utterly soiled by bats in there.
IIRC it came from a disease that spreads through bat shit. Mad as a hatter is another one with the same type of history. Hat makers used an ingredient that made them crazy.
Aug 20, 2009 · 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.
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In Jan 20th, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne was preforming in Des Moines, Iowa when mid performance he bit the head off a live bat. Rumor has it a roadie turned to a fan and said "Ozzy is BAT shit crazy, man!"
