crapola

noun

crap·​o·​la ˌkrap-ˈō-lə How to pronounce crapola (audio)
slang

Examples of crapola in a Sentence

The furniture in the garage is crapola. Everything he says is just a bunch of crapola.
Recent Examples on the Web That is complete crapola. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 July 2021 What’s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola, with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019 Predictably before Lewis’ presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Jan. 2018 Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2017 The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017

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Word History

Etymology

crap entry 2 + -ola, suffix forming jocular variants of words

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crapola was in 1941

Dictionary Entries Near crapola

Cite this Entry

“Crapola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crapola. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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