Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty
From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 17, 2003, 14:39 |
>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.
I treate this as the diff between a word which is perceived both an
adjective and a noun _apesh*t_ and one which is only an adjective unless
modified - adj.: _bugf*ck_, noun: _bugf*cker_
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