Southern U.S. colloquialism for "crazy" or "out of control." Especially in Texas where the wild hogs are really taking over and causing all kinds of problems, haha.
Pretty sure "hog wild" is the name of a level on Crash Bandicoot 1.
I grew up in Toronto and that was a common expression, although it's "going hog wild" as opposed to "getting hog wild" for me. It's not a Southern U.S. colloquialism only.
The term originates from the South U.S., but it's interesting that it's commonly used in Canada, too. It's not something I can picture a Canadian saying, lmao.
Where are you getting that it was a term that originated in the Southern U.S.? Hogs is not a southern U.S. term. Hogs go wild when someone throws them feed which is how I would guess it originally came about, but we have plenty of hogs in Canada as well. One of the nicknames for Toronto has long been Hogtown.
I'm not an epistemology linguistics expert.
Interestingly, why "going hog-wild" means "to become crazy with excitement" is no longer really known.
Meanwhile, I can't seem to master keeping my coffee in my cup. I can literally drink anything else at a full sprint without spilling a drop, but when it's coffee it's going to end up on my shirt or on some papers.
We had the term in NZ too but, wasn't too common, though you'd hear it from time to time.
I mean, unique colloquialisms and idioms have developed to describe similar things, from country to country and from region to region, even if they share the same language, and it's not really a crazy concept that these things end up transferring or being adopted simply because they just make sense to everyone, while certain other ones just don't. Immigration, close borders, mass media, entertainment. It happens.Take "dish soap" for example. Both British and American English use the word "soap," but you won't really hear a British person call their washing up liquid "dish soap" unless they've lived in the US and, I assume, Canada for a time (do Canadians call it dish soap, too, or do you call it something else?) because, to them, it doesn't make much sense. Because soap is supposed to be a solid and not a liquid, haha. And Americans aren't really ever going to call a cookie a biscuit because biscuits aren't supposed to be sweet or flat. I personally find it really interesting to compare notes.Does NZ have a similar term that's more common to use?
There is always one kid who ruins it for everyone....
There is always one kid who ruins it for everyone. Last year I spend quit a bit of time putting together a choose your own adventure for halloween. I used it in 3rd and 4th grade and was very careful to make it spooky but not really scary. All the ghosts and monsters were cartoonish, there was no blood and no jump scares. All the students seemed to enjoy it...except for one. There was one boy in 4th grade who spent the whole class with his head on his desk, his eyes clenched shut and his hands over his ears. I thought it was weird but I guess some kids just have a lower tolerance for that sort of thing. Fair enough. He has since taken it to another level. I tried to play a dungeon runner game i found on here with his class. There aren't even any monsters in that game. The students just have to remember a series of directions. If they choose the wrong route, they come to a dead end. That's it. As soon as I put it on he starts yelling "No, no, no!" and tries to take my usb out of the computer. I explain to him there are no monsters. My coteacher also explains. He starts crying and I have to abandon the game. Now he is in grade five. Today I played a hangman alternative I whipped up. It's just a guy chewing bubble gum. If the students guess wrong he blows a bubble that gets bigger until it eventually pops. He immediately starts freaking out yelling and crying. I have had several conversations with my CoT about him. He does not have any behavioral problems and is actually one of the best students in the class. I guess his class will not play anymore games.
I don't remember a different one instead of "hog wild" - but we call dish soap 'detergent' in NZ, dish soap was uncommon. :oI've never heard dish soap be called regular soap haha.