bullshit
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
bull + shit. In use since the 1920s.
[edit] Noun
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bullshit (uncountable)
- (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!
- (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?
- (vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust.
- "This is bullshit!" -- The Monarch
- (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.
- (literally) The faeces of a bull.
[edit] See also
[edit] Synonyms
- BS
- bull
- bulldada
- bull puckey
- bushwah
- (card game): cheat, I doubt it
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
deceitful statements, etc
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object of frustration
[edit] Verb
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to bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshitted, or sometimes bullshit, or very rarely bullshat)
- (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
- (vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point.
- I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.
[edit] Translations
to tell lies, exaggerate
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to have casual conversation with no real point
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[edit] Interjection
bullshit!
- (vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
[edit] Translations
bullshit!
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