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apeshit

adj
/ˈeɪp.ʃɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *skeyd-✻ — “to split, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skitiz✻
  3. inherited from *skiti✻
  4. inherited from *sċite✻ — “dung”
  5. inherited from schit
  6. formed as apeshit — “ape + shit”

Definitions

  1. Out of control due to anger or excitement.

    • I told him the bad news, and he went apeshit.
    • Naturally, the touchy airline crew went apeshit and when the plane landed, the LAPD was waiting for Mr. Zizza.

  2. awesome

    • This dope is apeshit.

The neighborhood

Derived

go apeshit

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apeshit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA