[Ads-l] ripshit bonkers

[Ben Zimmer]

On MSNBC's "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell," GOP strategist Rick
Wilson said of congressional Republicans, "They’re afraid of Donald Trump
going crazy, you know, ripshit bonkers on them." See my discussion on the
Strong Language blog for more:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/ripshit-bonkers/

In the post I note that two early cites for "ripshit" (in 1984-5) are from
novels set in Boston, but I don't know if it originated there, and I'm also
not sure about its current regional distribution.

--bgz

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