Go Ape

Go Ape Ice Breakers Button Museum
Category
Ice Breakers
Additional Images
Go Ape button back Ice Breakers Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Animals
Text on Button GO APE.
Image Description

Brown illustration of an ape with a red mouth on a white background and a blue outer edge with black text
Curl Text copyright Best Seal Corp. New York 10013 1979
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1979
1970s
Additional Information

“Go Ape” is an idiom that came into popularity in the 1950s, and is used similarly to expression like “to go bananas”. It can be used to describe both excitement (The crowds go ape for the Beatles!) or unhappiness (Cubs fans went ape when their team lost 14-0!). 

 
Sources

Idioms Online. (2018, October 7). Go Ape. Idioms Online. https://www.idioms.online/go-ape/. 

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Go Ape. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20ape. 
Catalog ID IB0265