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Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

From:A Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Thursday, October 14, 1999, 16:15
What about "pigshit" = stupid (because one is "as thick (=stupid)
as pigshit").

Also in Australian there's "ratshit", similar to "bloody". My aunt
shocked people by saying it all the time when she was a nun. She
thought she was saying "wretched". (Try saying them in Australian
accent - they're very close in sound.)

And
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> From: John Cowan > To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG > Subject: The four shits in English > Date: 13 October 1999 21:49 > > 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 >