Malapropisms

Learning that the term “crapshoot” was derived from a roll of the dice in a casino game and not simply an alternate name for the rectum (i.e., the “poop chute”) used idiomatically to denote unpredictability was inordinately disappointing in such a way that it’s been about 20 years since I realized this, and I still remember it vividly. Perhaps it is because I am retraumatized every time I say or hear someone else say, “It’s a crapshoot.”