bovine scatology

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bovine scatology (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) Bullshit.
    • 1991, General H. Norman Schwartzkopf, Jr, quoted in "Stormin' Norman",ABC_Primetime, February 7
      I would describe that report as bovine scatology, okay? Better referred to by the troops as "BS". I don't know who that guy's source is, but he ought to get a new source because the source is a liar.
    • 2007, Sam Venable, Someday I May Find Honest Work: A Newspaper Humorist's Life, page 29:
      Sure, there are a few potential flies in the ointment — not the least of which is the mountain of bovine scatology certain to envelop city hall