different between batshit vs apeshit

English

Alternative forms

• bat shit
• bat-shit (adjective only)

Etymology

Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæt.??t/
• Hyphenation: bat?shit

Noun

batshit (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, literally) fecal matter produced by bats
2. (slang, vulgar) nonsense, horseshit; especially when said by or attributed to someone irrational.
3. (slang, vulgar) extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.

Synonyms

• guano

Adjective

batshit (comparative more batshit, superlative most batshit)

1. (slang, vulgar) extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.

   Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.

   • 1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino:

     Nicky Santoro: And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went batshit!

   • 2002, David Simon, The Wire, (ref):

     Those subpoenas went out today!

     The front office is gonna go batshit!

Synonyms

• batcrap
• batpoop
• crazy
• See also Thesaurus:insane.

Related terms

• apeshit
• bat
• batty
• go batshit
• shit

Translations

Adverb

batshit (not comparable)

1. (slang) Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.

   When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.

Anagrams

• Ba'thist, battish

English

Alternative forms

• ape shit

Etymology

From ape +? shit, possibly from the tendency of certain primate species to throw faeces when extremely annoyed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?p.??t/

Adjective

apeshit (comparative more apeshit, superlative most apeshit)

1. (slang, vulgar) Out of control due to anger or excitement.

   I told him the bad news, and he went apeshit.

2. (slang, vulgar) Awesome.

   This dope is apeshit.

Synonyms

• bananas, batshit, berserk, insane, nuts

Derived terms

• go apeshit

Anagrams

• pathies