bullshit

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bull + shit. In use since the 1920s.

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Singular
bullshit

Plural
uncountable

bullshit (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar, slang) Blatantly false statements, generally made with intent to deceive.
    That's bullshit! I called your office and they said you never came in!
  2. (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.
    Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?
  3. (vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust.
    "This is bullshit!" -- The Monarch
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (New England) angry
    He was so bullshit when Red Sox lost the game, he went out and got totally drunk.
    I can't believe I have to work this week end. That makes me so fucking bullshit.
  5. (literally) The faeces of a bull.

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Infinitive
to bullshit

Third person singular
bullshits

Simple past
bullshitted, or sometimes bullshit, or very rarely bullshat

Past participle
[[bullshitted, or sometimes bullshit, or very rarely bullshat]]

Present participle
bullshitting

to bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshitted, or sometimes bullshit, or very rarely bullshat)

  1. (vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
    I think you're bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
    You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
    He caught my attention with irrelevant asides that didn’t quite make sense, but sounded very erudite if you didn’t think about it too much. In other words, I noticed that he was bullshitting. http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002815.php
  2. (vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point.
    I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.

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bullshit!

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

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