Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

Joe Fatula wrote:
> From: "Garth Wallace" <gwalla@...>
> Subject: Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty
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>>I've never heard "bug f*cker" by itself. Like "apesh*t", "bugf*ck"
>>usually modifies "insane" as a sort of rude emphasis in my dialect.
>>"Batsh*t" is also frequently used in this way.
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> It's interesting that even these sorts of words vary in meaning.  For me (at
> least, the way I'd understand it, as I'm not likely to use it), apesh*t
> would mean "frantic" or "panicked".  While "crazy" could mean the same
> thing, "insane" certainly couldn't.
I think I was inaccurate...I'd actually be more inclined to say
"apesh*t" on its own rather than modifying "insane": "He's gone
apesh*t!" as opposed to "He's gone apesh*t insane!". "Batsh*t" is
usually a modifier: "He's gone batsh*t" and "He's gone batsh*t insane"
are both acceptable, but the latter is preferred. "Bugf*ck" is always a
modifier: "He's gone bugf*ck" isn't used, but "He's gone bugf*ck insane" is.