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crapplication

crapplication noun: an unwanted or poor-quality application.

Noun

crapplication (plural crapplications)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, slang) An unwanted or poor-quality application.
    • By contrast, I've never seen a Windows machine perform well after being on for more than about 5 or 6 days straight; if it doesn't outright crash, it loses all of its memory and has to be restarted, PLUS it is susceptible to the same hardware lockups, power failures and crapplications as Linux is.1999, William Wueppelmann, “How to downgrade to Windows 95?? Win 98 HATES my guts.”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons (Usenet)
    • Most people don't realize how many background crapplications they have running thanks to the different stuff that they have installed.2002, n3kkb0, “Rocksim and WindowsXP”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet)

Forms of crapplication

pluralcrapplications

Origin of crapplication

Blend of crap + application.

Questions about crapplication

What does crapplication mean?
Crapplication means an unwanted or poor-quality application.
What part of speech is crapplication?
Crapplication is a noun.
What is the plural of crapplication?
The plural of crapplication is crapplications.

Words near crapplication in the dictionary

  1. crappit-heads
  2. crappitude
  3. crappity
  4. crapplet
  5. crapplets
  6. crapplication
  7. crapplications
  8. crappo
  9. crappos
  10. Crapps
  11. crappuccino

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