"craptacular" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-craptacular.ogg [Australia] Forms: more craptacular [comparative], most craptacular [superlative]
Etymology: crap + -tacular Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crap|tacular}} crap + -tacular Head templates: {{en-adj}} craptacular (comparative more craptacular, superlative most craptacular)
  1. (US, slang, vulgar) Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle. Tags: US, slang, vulgar Synonyms: crapperific, craptabulous, craptastic
    Sense id: en-craptacular-en-adj-MPLSMfy3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tacular

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