BS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bs"

Translingual

Symbol

BS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Bahamas.

   Synonym: BHS (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• B.S., B. S.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

BS

1. (automotive) Bridgestone, a tire company.
2. Abbreviation of Bengali Sambat.

Noun

BS (countable and uncountable, plural BSs)

1. (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.

   Synonym: BSc

2. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
3. (baseball) Abbreviation of blown saves.
4. (accounting) Abbreviation of balance sheet.
6. (slang, euphemistic, chiefly Canada, US) Abbreviation of bullshit.

   Alternative form: B.S.

   • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.”

7. Initialism of Bartter syndrome.

Verb

BS (third-person singular simple present BSes, present participle BSing, simple past and past participle BSed)

1. Euphemistic form of bullshit.
   • 2019 April 26, Christopher Ingraham, “Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests”, in The Washington Post‎^[2]:

     Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without being one. / Or, as the social scientists put it, to BS.

Anagrams

• s/b, sb., sb, SB

German

Noun

BS

1. Bausoldat

Proper noun

BS

1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Stadt (canton)

Japanese

Noun

B(ビー)S(エス) • (bī-esu) 

1. Short for BS放送. (broadcasting satellite broadcast)
   • 2022 October 19, 田中 正晴, “なぜBS1波停波を2024年3月末に実施するのか、NHKが経営計画修正案で説明会”, in 日経クロステック‎^[3], Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.:

     今はBSプレミアムで土曜日の夜間に特集番組を集中的に編成したり、BS1では国際情報やスポーツ、ドキュメンタリーなどを集中的に放送したりしており、大変良く視聴されている。これはBSの強みだと捉えているが、それをよりブラッシュアップした形で強化していきたい。

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See also

• 衛(えい)星(せい)放(ほう)送(そう) (eiseihōsō)

Spanish

Proper noun

BS f

1. (Mexico) Initialism of Baja California Sur.

Vietnamese

Noun

BS

1. Abbreviation of bác sĩ.