different between chickenshit vs apeshit

English

Alternative forms

• chicken-shit, chicken shit

Etymology

chicken +? shit

Pronunciation

Adjective

chickenshit (comparative more chickenshit, superlative most chickenshit)

1. (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
2. (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.

   How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.

Noun

chickenshit (countable and uncountable, plural chickenshits)

1. (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible thing(s).

   Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.

2. (slang, vulgar) A coward.

   I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.

3. (vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

   That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.

Synonyms

• (coward): coward; (slang:) chicken, pussy, wuss, shithouse
• (petty or contemptible thing): (mostly vulgar:) shit, crap, bullcrap, bullshit, junk, trash, dogshit, Irish bull, horseshit

Translations

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