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  • So simple, so evocative.

    June 19, 2008

  • I just say batshit. As in "My boss drives me batshit."

    June 19, 2008

  • Isn't apeshit worse than batshit?

    June 19, 2008

  • I suppose it's localised. I have corrosive batshit on my car most mornings yet there are no apes in Australia (save those we elected to Parliament). Batshit is a problem.

    June 19, 2008

  • *contemplating*

    June 19, 2008

  • I think in terms of going crazy, that apeshit is more like going postal, while batshit is more the everyday kind of crazy, like what results from reading this list.

    June 19, 2008

  • I think apeshit is more understandable, where someone gets sharply angry after being pushed there, whereas batshit is the more pathological, and well… crazy one.

    June 19, 2008

  • *still contemplating*

    June 19, 2008

  • Excellent thinking, c_b and kewpid. I think between you, you've hit upon a subtle but important distinction.

    June 19, 2008

  • Indeed. Where else could you find such learned discourse on the connotations of apeshit vs. batshit?

    June 19, 2008

  • It takes an apeshit/batshit person to recognize the distinction, apparently. *shakes kewpid's hand*

    June 20, 2008