Batt vs Batty - What's the difference?
batt | batty |
(slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
(obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
(West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
(Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
* 1996 , Rudi Bleys, The geography of perversion
As nouns the difference between batt and batty
is that batt is pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation while batty is the buttocks or anus.As a proper noun Batt
is a diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.As an adjective batty is
mad, crazy, silly.batty
English
Adjective
(er)- Batty wings. — Shakespeare.
Derived terms
*See also
* squirrellyNoun
(batties)- For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.