apeshit

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go apeshit

1. rude slang To be or become wildly or uncontrollably angry. My parents went totally apeshit when they found out I'd wrecked the car! Now, don't go apeshit or anything, but I've decided to move to Canada.
2. rude slang To be or become extremely excited or enthusiastic (about something). I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go apeshit over her music.
See also: apeshit, go

go apeshit over (something)

1. rude slang To become wildly or uncontrollably angry about someone or something. My parents went totally apeshit over the news that I'd wrecked the car! Now, don't go apeshit over it, but I've decided to move to Canada.
2. rude slang To become extremely excited or enthusiastic about someone or something. I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go apeshit over her.
See also: apeshit, go, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

apeshit

1. mod. excited; freaked out. (see also go apeshit over someone/something. Usually objectionable.) He was so apeshit about that dame!
2. mod. drunk. (Acting as strangely or comically as an ape.) The guy was really apeshit. Couldn’t even stand up.

go apeshit over someone/something

in. to get very excited about someone or something. (Usually objectionable.) She really went apeshit over the ice cream.
See also: apeshit, go, over, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • go apeshit
  • go bitchcakes
  • go apeshit over (something)
  • go apeshit over someone/something
  • go ape over (someone or something)
  • go ape over someone/something
  • go ape, to
  • postal
  • go ballistic, to
  • ballistic
References in periodicals archive
Rapper Cardi B is the frontrunner at the latest VMAs, narrowly taking more nominations than Jay-Z and Beyonce for their Louvre-shot video "Apeshit" and Childish Gambino for his politically charged "This Is America."
And when I asked you to "not edit your bad grammar or potentially subjective, unspecific, or just plain stupid ideas," I had not gone "apeshit insane yo" as UNCMark45 recently commented.
So, alternative mediums were introduced to accommodate the lack of terminology, and they went apeshit!!" he added.
The R'n'B stars' hit song "Apeshit" -- which used some of the museum's greatest masterpieces as backdrops -- has been viewed 56 million times on YouTube alone since it was released a fortnight ago.
It's been a lot more laid-back and relaxed, but you've been going apeshit out there.
The couple also put out an elaborately choreographed video that takes place inside the Louvre museum in Paris for a song off the album, "Apeshit."
Cruz is a big part of what makes the band, from the moment he gets on stage, takes off his Jaks colors, and starts going apeshit haywire.
and have much longer sets (and it's great to see shows like Ibis when people used to go apeshit, slam dancing and stage diving).