ape(shit)

ape(shit): adj, adv

out of control, berserk. Used especially in the expression 'go ape', the image is of a person reduced to a primal state, either by infatuation, excitement or, especially, anger. An American teenag-ers' term from the late 1950s, now in general currency.

He's apeshit about her.

► 'I go ape ev'ry time I see you smile.' ('I Go Ape', written and recorded by Neil Sedaka, 1960)

► 'After I'd left my last school, I pinched a wallet full of credit cards and went apeshit in about five different counties.' (Sunday Times magazine, Stephen Fry, August 1989)

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Go ape shit over — react with unrestrained emotion … Dictionary of Australian slang
go ape shit over — Australian Slang react with unrestrained emotion … English dialects glossary
go ape — vb See ape(shit) … Contemporary slang
Pink Bubbles Go Ape — Studio album by Helloween Released March, 1991 … Wikipedia
Pink Bubbles Go Ape — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pink Bubbles Go Ape Álbum de Helloween Publicación 1991 Grabación 1990 a Marzo de 1991 … Wikipedia Español
Pink Bubbles Go Ape — Studioalbum von Helloween Veröffentlichung 1991 Label EMI … Deutsch Wikipedia
apeshit — apeˈshit adjective (vulgar sl) 1. Berserk 2. Destructively crazy 3. Extremely excited (see also go ape below) • • • Main Entry: ↑ape … Useful english dictionary
apeshit — ape|shit [ˈeıpʃıt] adj go apeshit informal to suddenly become very angry … Dictionary of contemporary English
apeshit — ape|shit [ eıpʃıt ] adjective VERY INFORMAL go apeshit to become very excited or angry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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