Timeline for Is there any other meaning of "go nuts" except angry?
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| Mar 15, 2017 at 16:52 | comment | added | jwd | I've heard this used as an equivalent to "knock yourself out." As in: "You going to eat those fries?" "Nah, you can have 'em — go nuts." | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 14:50 | comment | added | Timo | Three standard meanings 1 get angry (John went nuts at the ticket inspector). 2 get enthusiastic (John went nuts for the chocolate milkshake). 3 go insane (John went nuts after his wife left him). All of them are really variants of the original meaning of the phrase, crazy - like "go bananas" - which can be used pretty much any place "go nuts" can. The suggestions of supporting football teams and so on I don't think are helpful, this isn't "think of every possible thing those words could ever mean" - it means what are typical meanings of this phrase. | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 10:41 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 4:00 | comment | added | calavicci | Not posted as an answer because it doesn't refer to the situation in question, but if you're willing to admit a comma and a capital, "Go, Nuts," could be a statement of enthusiasm and encouragement for the Modesto Nuts of Modesto, California: milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t515 . :) | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 19:08 | comment | added | user428517 | If anything, I'd argue "become angry" is one of the least common meanings of this phrase. | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 17:35 | comment | added | jfa | @BaardKopperud That's correct, it literally means to 'go crazy', which can be enthusiastic about something, as in 'they go nuts for chocolate,' or it can mean angry/upset, 'someone smashed their rearview mirror and they went nuts.' | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 16:46 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | Child: "Mom, may I jump off this bridge?". Mom: "Sure, go nuts." | |
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| Mar 9, 2017 at 1:33 | answer | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 21:22 | comment | added | Mentalist | To put it simply, "go nuts" = "become passionate". And passionate can mean angry, excited, in love, frustrated... etc. "Go nuts" can also mean "go all the way", or "do as much as you want." | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:51 | comment | added | Baard Kopperud | I've always thought "go nuts" meant "go crazy" - ie. not necessarily angry; but also unhinged, become unpredictable, ranting, doing strange things. Actually the same is the case for another such word - "mad" - which means "mentally ill"... but is also often used for "becoming very angry". | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 14:14 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/839479391432364032 | ||
| Mar 8, 2017 at 11:50 | answer | added | AJFaraday | timeline score: 15 | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 11:04 | vote | accept | Ting Choe | ||
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