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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 05:21 PM
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6. Routine to have it used either way.
The distiction is between the "This is bullshit" usage, and the "He is bullshit" usage.

One refers to a thing, the other is to a person.

Consider the difference between "He is lame" versus "This is lame". The constructions are analogous.
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  -Have you ever heard of this before? Walt Whitman  Aug-29-04 05:12 PM   #0 
  - Bullshit, apeshit, and ripshit ...  NewHampshireDem   Aug-29-04 05:14 PM   #1 
  - apeshit means crazy in a destructive way in the South.  Walt Whitman   Aug-29-04 05:15 PM   #2 
  - Another Yankee checks in  Happy Eddie   Aug-29-04 06:01 PM   #8 
  - Ha ha ha ha ha ha! DUers hate my swearing!  Walt Whitman   Aug-29-04 05:16 PM   #3 
  - I grew up in NY  Dookus   Aug-29-04 05:17 PM   #4 
  - Yes, exactly.  Walt Whitman   Aug-29-04 05:20 PM   #5 
  - Routine to have it used either way.  Davis_X_Machina   Aug-29-04 05:21 PM   #6 
     - Yeah  Dookus   Aug-29-04 05:24 PM   # 
     - How so?  Walt Whitman   Aug-29-04 05:24 PM   #7 
  - Vermont here  skygazer   Aug-29-04 06:35 PM   #9 
 

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