Talk:chickenshit

Bullshit
I realize that many people use "chickenshit" as a synonym or intensified version of the slang "chicken," but this is a misuse. "Chickenshit" is a play on the word "bullshit," and people who use it otherwise are mistaken.

I also realize many people think that nobody ever uses a word wrongly, that words mean whatever a given user means by them, whatever they appear to mean by context, etc. I am not one of those people. :) See "peruse" for a similar case of a word that is commonly used incorrectly, but has a real meaning supported by its etymology.  Silarius

Example
I think the canonical version of the following story would be a great example here. Here's a botched version for clicks:

In the mouth of Bush 41: "I went to see Lyndon Johnson, and I was telling him I wanted to run for Senate. And he said, "The difference between the Senate and the House is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit." Johnson was amazing." 

This exchange would presumably have happened when Bush 41 was a representative and right before he ran for Senate, probably 1969 / 1970. The reveal of this story would have happened decades(?) later.

I remember seeing Bush 43 giving his rendition of this story in an interview, but I don't know if that's the earliest or most interesting form or not. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 21:59, 21 January 2021 (UTC)