batty
Pronunciation: /ˈbæti/
The English word “batty” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- The buttocks or anus.
- A homosexual man.
Etymology
From bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).
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