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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_ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail