Meaning
A vulgar word for the anus ('batty', backside, plus 'hole'). It is also hurled as a crude, aggressive insult, and — most harmfully — used as a homophobic slur. Documented here for comprehension, it is offensive, and in its slur sense genuinely hateful, belonging to the coarsest and cruellest register of the language. It is set down so its meaning and its ugliness are understood, not endorsed, and the people it is used to wound deserve respect rather than the slur, one of the harsh terms recorded here with that plain caution.
Examples
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Anatomically it crudely names the anus.
Anatomically it crudely names the anus.
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As an insult, and especially as an anti-gay slur, it is hateful and condemned.
As an insult, and especially as an anti-gay slur, it is hateful and condemned.
Origin
From 'batty' (backside, from 'bottom') plus 'hole'; extended into an insult and, offensively, a homophobic slur.
How it’s used
Documentation only, not endorsement. Vulgar; in its use as an anti-gay slur it is hateful and unacceptable. See [[batty]].