Spanish athlete

English

Noun

Spanish athlete (plural Spanish athletes)

1. (euphemistic) bullshitter
   • 1911, National Lime Association, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 154:

     We were both Spanish athletes— the Spanish athlete, you know, is the man who throws the bull.

   • 1916, Rock Island Employes' Magazine, page 27:

     Apparently there is little hope for this "Spanish Athlete," but the following suggestions are appropriate if he and a few others will only give ear and mind

   • 1923, Sheet Metal Workers' Journal, page 24:

     Woman, lovely woman, invariably favors all athletes, with the possible exception of the type known as the Spanish athlete, more commonly referred to as the bull-thrower.

   • 1932, Stevens Indicator, page 157:

     Al, you will recall, was quite a Spanish athlete.

   • 2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, page 14:

     He is throwing the bull (or is a Spanish athlete)