My cousin described the timing of my husband's failed bonus as 'craptacular'. I suppose there's never a good time to miss out on cash, but given that the birth of our baby is presumably going to be no more than a twice in a lifetime event for us, the timing is indeed pretty craptacular.
I think I've fallen in love with this word. It makes so much sense. And if it follows from 'spectacular', then we must be able to have a 'craptacle' as well as a spectacle - though it sounds more like 'receptacle' - which would suggest a container for holding crap rather than a shitty sight... I suppose one could also then wear 'craptacles', which would presumably be the pessimistic opposite of rose tinted spectacles.
God, I love this.
Does anyone want to play Scrabble with me? No-one in my life likes Scrabble, it's so sad...
PS I just noticed that I put the original word in the intro as 'carptacular', which might be exciting to any anglers who happen to be reading... no? Oh, ok.
