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crapstorm

crapstorm is the euphemistic form of shitstorm.

Meaning of shitstorm

Noun

shitstorm (plural shitstorms)

  1. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A chaotic and unpleasant or violent situation.
    • The hell with Brown […] He's been missing all the shit storms. It's his turn.1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) Considerable backlash from the public.
    • Near-synonyms: blowback, fallout
    Synonyms:
    blowback, fallout

Forms of crapstorm

pluralcrapstorms

Origin of crapstorm

From crap + storm.

Questions about crapstorm

What is crapstorm the euphemistic form of?
Crapstorm is the euphemistic form of shitstorm.

Words near crapstorm in the dictionary

  1. crapshot
  2. crapshow
  3. crapshows
  4. crapstain
  5. crapstains
  6. crapstorm
  7. crapstorms
  8. craptabulous
  9. craptacular
  10. craptastic
  11. craptastical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crapstorm (page history and authors); shitstorm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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