different between batshit vs ripshit
batshit
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)
- (vulgar, literally) fecal matter produced by bats
- (slang, vulgar) nonsense, horseshit; especially when said by or attributed to someone irrational.
- (slang, vulgar) extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
Synonyms
- guano
Adjective
batshit (comparative more batshit, superlative most batshit)
- (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)
- (slang) Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.
- When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.
Anagrams
- Ba'thist, battish
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ripshit
English
Adjective
ripshit (comparative more ripshit, superlative most ripshit)
- (slang, vulgar) Enraged or otherwise highly emotional.
See also
- apeshit
- batshit
- dipshit
- insane
References
- 1984: The only thing we have to worry about is that Connie will get so ripshit he'll queer the deal. [2]
- 2003: It would only really work perfectly if you all were sincerely distraught and ripshit. [3]
- 2004: I remember people at the CIA who were ripshit at the time. [4]
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