Crap vs Cray - What's the difference?
crap | cray |
(obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
(slang) Something of poor quality.
(slang, vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.
(slang, vulgar) Faeces or feces.
(slang, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
(slang) Useless object or entity.
(vulgar, slang) To defecate.
(chiefly, UK, colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) Of poor quality.
(slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.
(slang) Crazy.
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As a noun cray is
a crayfish or lobster.As an adjective cray is
(slang) crazy.crap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, . Related to (l).Noun
(en-noun)- The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
- The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap .
- ''I have to take a crap
- What is that?'' ''It's just a bunch of crap
Verb
(crapp)Derived terms
* crap on - (UK) To talk at length in a foolish or boring way. * To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.Adjective
(crapper)- I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Alternative forms
* crappy (chiefly, North America)Synonyms
* lousy * shit * shite * bollocks * piss * fuck * DeuceInterjection
(en interjection)- Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!
- Crap! I lost the game.
- What the crap ?!
- Aw, crap , I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.
Etymology 2
From "crab's eyes"Derived terms
* crap out * crapola * crapulationAnagrams
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* English terms with multiple etymologies ----cray
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From crazy by shortening.Adjective
(en adjective)NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:
- That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray .
Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer , Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:
- Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray .
20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope , Spring 2013, page 18:
- Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray .