Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

John Cowan wrote:
>
> For reference, English recognizes four standard kinds of metaphorical
> excrement.
>
> "Bullshit" means "nonsense, lies, claptrap".
>
> "Dogshit" means "something of zero importance".
>
> "Horseshit" is similar to bullshit.
>
> "Apeshit" is used only in the phrase "to go apeshit", which means to
> behave in a lunatic way, either approving or disapproving of something.
>
> --
> John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
>        I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin
Dogshit I have never heard but in my hated former home or Fort Wayne,
Indiana, I occasionally heard batshit used as apeshit is indicated
above.
--
Brad Coon
bradandjen@imt.net
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If its tourist season, why can't we shoot them?