Definitions
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- adjective UK, slang Intended to be perceived as
spectacular , but actually perceived as extremely poor quality. - adjective US, slang Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle.
Etymologies
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Examples
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How can you call it "craptacular" when there hasn't been ANY actual footage from the movie released?
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“Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan” was the last movie made by Paramount and I guess they wanted to go out in craptacular style.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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Link to NetSmartz Kids site, here's the section of the site with anti-filesharing instructional materials, and here's the video in craptacular WMV, natch. (thanks, RV)
Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives 2005
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San Francisco: Overrated or just plain craptacular?
Boing Boing: February 10, 2002 - February 16, 2002 Archives 2002
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In the Register, an interesting piece on Orkut's terms of service, which danah previously criticized, and Cory described here as "craptacular":
Boing Boing: February 8, 2004 - February 14, 2004 Archives 2004
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Unfortunately, although it got pretty good reviews, I honestly thought it was kind of craptacular, so I'm not putting up the video of it.
Right Wing News 2010
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Unfortunately, although it got pretty good reviews, I honestly thought it was kind of craptacular, so I'm not putting up the video of it.
Right Wing News 2010
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Unfortunately, although it got pretty good reviews, I honestly thought it was kind of craptacular, so I'm not putting up the video of it.
Right Wing News 2010
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Other expressions made famous by the US animated series since its launch two decades ago include "craptacular," "eat my shorts" and the dismissive "Meh," according to the survey of
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Unfortunately, although it got pretty good reviews, I honestly thought it was kind of craptacular, so I'm not putting up the video of it.
Right Wing News 2010
bbmiller commented on the word craptacular
It's made-up, I know, but SO useful.
December 7, 2006
gmupipe commented on the word craptacular
used by the Howard Stern Show to promote their move to Sirius Satelite Radio in 2005. It was the name of a contest between to "whack packers" (High Pitch Eric and Joey Boots) to see whom who could crap the most in 24hrs. It is generally recognised as the first programming on the Howard 100 channel.
September 21, 2009