USAGE: The four shits in English
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 20:49 |
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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.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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