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Etymology

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crap +‎ storm

Noun

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crapstorm (plural crapstorms)

  1. (informal) Euphemistic form of shitstorm (both senses).
    • 1996, Ivan Doig, Bucking the Sun:
      Watergate and that creep Nixon; the sheriff drove north through the night listening to every detail of the national crapstorm cascading down on anything Republican, the moment at last arriving when []
    • 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:
      2020 was one long, howling, Category 5 crapstorm.