BULLSHIT

bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit

(noun) obscene words for unacceptable behavior; “I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk”; “what he said was mostly bull”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bullshit (uncountable)

(literally) The faeces of a bull.

(vulgar, slang) False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.

Synonyms: BS, bull, bulldada, bullpucky, bushwah, malarkey, Thesaurus:nonsense

(vulgar, slang) A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.

Synonyms: BS, cheat, I doubt it

(vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.

(rhetoric) Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.

(philosophy) Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.

Adjective

bullshit (comparative more bullshit, superlative most bullshit)

(vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.

Verb

bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshit or (rare) bullshat or bullshitted)

(ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze

(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.

Synonyms

• (all senses): crap (Indian English)

Interjection

bullshit!

(vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:bullshit

Anagrams

• shitbull

Source: Wiktionary



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