Battier vs Rattier - What's the difference?
battier | rattier |
(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
(ratty)
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Infested with rats.
(colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
(UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.
As adjectives the difference between battier and rattier
is that battier is (batty) while rattier is (ratty).battier
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*batty
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(er)- Batty wings. — Shakespeare.
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*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.
Derived terms
* batty boy * batty man * batty riderReferences
rattier
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*ratty
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(er)- The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
- I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.