Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CRAP
bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
(noun) obscene words for unacceptable behavior; “I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk”; “what he said was mostly bull”
crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd
(noun) obscene terms for feces
stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make
(verb) have a bowel movement; “The dog had made in the flower beds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)
(obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
(slang, mildly, vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
(slang, mildly, vulgar, uncountable) Nonsense; something untrue.
(slang, mildly, vulgar) Faeces/feces.
(slang, mildly, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
Synonyms
• (faeces): poop, poo, dump, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.
Verb
crap (third-person singular simple present craps, present participle crapping, simple past and past participle crapped)
(mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.
(mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
(India, mildly vulgar, slang) To bullshit.
Synonyms
• (to shit): See defecate
• (to BS): See bullshit
Adjective
crap (comparative crapper, )
(chiefly, UK, Canada, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of poor quality.
Synonyms
• lousy
• shit
• shite
• bollocks
Interjection
crap
(slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.
Etymology 2
From crab's eyes.
Noun
crap (plural craps)
(gambling, dice) A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
Anagrams
• -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, Carp, RCAP, carp, parc, prac
Proper noun
CRAP
(Canada, politics) Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party.
Synonyms
• (Canadian politics): RCAP, CA
Coordinate terms
• (Canadian politics): LPC, CPC, NDP, BQ, CCF, PC
Anagrams
• -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, Carp, RCAP, carp, parc, prac
Source: Wiktionary
Crap (krap), n.
Definition: In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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