Something Our Parents Would Say Bat Shit Crazy

Those things people say. They sound so cool and very up to date when in reality most of what we say is old old old. It's rehashing what our grandparents once said. Such as...bat shit crazy!

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A-R-R-O-E dot net. Enjoy your exploration. Those old sayings, phrases, idioms,
you know, those things your family and friends used to
come up with and they came from out of nowhere.

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And sometimes, well, they kind of made sense. Well, they
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and how. Some of those old sayings are not only ancient,
but they still carry a powerful punch today. I live
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Winning is a choice. The goal of these episodes is
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My name is Arrow. Warning, this episode features adult language.
I'd go as far as saying that maybe your grandparents
and those before them, yeah, in their words, I'm acting

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a little bat shit crazy. Where did that term even
come from? It's as old as our great-great-great-grandparents, right? No,
not really. It's actually pretty modern. It's taking two old-fashioned
words and making them a stronger phrase. Bat-shit is exactly
what it says. Crazy is the other, which describes kind

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of an irrational or unpredictable behavior. Now, let's team them up. Bat-shit-crazy.
It started showing up in the latter part of the
1950s up to the 1970s. Lindquist, with all their verbal history,
say it comes from apeshit, horseshit, and just going nuts.
It's meant to be vivid, shocking, a little off the wall. Today,

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batshit crazy is used loosely, especially when talking about something
like your traffic. Oh my God, it's batshit crazy out here.
It's gone from describing people to laying out what the
experience is all about. But, but, but, but, but. It
is on the list to be wiped off our word
use map. Yep. Because it goes against the rules of

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mental health. People have made it a point to get
others to stop using it because of the emotional impact
and the shock value. And it needs to fade from
our everyday conversation. Hmm. That's a little batshit crazy if
you ask me. It's something our parents would say. I'm Arrow.