>
> John Cowan writes:
> > A Rosta scripsit:
>
> > > What about "pigshit" = stupid (because one is "as thick (=stupid)
> > > as pigshit").
> >
> > Not known to me, but I cheerfully add it to the list of six,
> > no, seven excrement metaphors.
>
> Okay so there's
>
> Apeshit - crazy, enthusiastic
> Dogshit - adj., bad
> Bullshit - false
> Horseshit - false (milder form - implies nonsense)
> Pigshit - stupid
> Dipshit - dumb, esp. in a clumsy or silly way
> Batshit - crazy (more introverted than apeshit)
>
> which is seven - ratshit is eight.
>
> And then there's more metaphors that use "shit" in a manner other than
> noun-shit:
>
> shit for brains - stupid
> shit-faced - drunk
> shit a (backwards) porcupine - to become extremely upset and angry
> the little shit(s) - annoying bad person, incompetent bumbler
> sack of shit - a pathetic person, alt. a big lie
>
> And then, not sure if these qualify as metaphors, but they are
> certainly idiomatic - not apparent what they mean without some context:
>
> the shits - diarrhea
> the shitter - toilet
>
> And yet more forms used as interjections:
>
> shit on a stick - Interjection for amazement
> holy shit - Interjection for shock
> shits-n-fiddle - interjection for frustration
>
> Brook
>
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