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Tattiest vs Battiest - What's the difference?

tattiest | battiest |

As adjectives the difference between tattiest and battiest

is that tattiest is superlative of tatty while battiest is superlative of batty.

tattiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (tatty)

    • tatty

    English

    Noun

    (tatties)
  • (Northern England, Geordie, slang) potato

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • Dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
    • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.

    See also

    * tatty bye ----

    battiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (batty)

    • batty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
    • Batty wings. — Shakespeare.

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * squirrelly

    Noun

    (batties)
  • (West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
  • (Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • * 1996 , Rudi Bleys, The geography of perversion
    • 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 rider

    References