Re: USAGE: The four shits in English
| From: | Don Blaheta <dpb@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 23:00 |
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Quoth John Cowan:
> 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.
You forgot "chickenshit", which means "not willing to stand up to
authority" or more generally "coward". :)
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