hatstand

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hatstand

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* hat + stand

* (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs.

noun hatstands · hat stand · hat-stand

  1. UK A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats. I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

    Similar: coatstand, hatrack, coatrack

adjective more hatstand · most hatstand · hat stand · hat-stand

  1. UK, slang Crazy, insane. Chris Merriman is 43, comes from Rugby and is totally hatstand. Here's proof: Fave planet? "The Milky Way."

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"hatstand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hatstand. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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hatstand. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hatstand

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"hatstand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hatstand.

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@misc{hatstand_2026,
  title = {hatstand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hatstand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}