Meaning of Bullshit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Feces produced by a bull.
   literally, uncountable, vulgar
2. Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
   slang, uncountable, vulgar
3. Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
   slang, uncountable, vulgar
4. Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
   slang, uncountable, vulgar
5. Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
   rhetoric, uncountable
6. Statements made without regard for their truth value.
   uncountable
7. Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
   slang, uncountable, vulgar
8. A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
   possibly, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie”

“Oh, I get it! So it's not a pyramid, it's just pyramid-shaped. You know, like a Dorito, or an Angry Bird, or just a pile of bullshit.”

“Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.”

“He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.”

“The Illusive Man: Shepard. You're making a habit of costing me more than time and money. Shepard: I'm sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you. I'm getting a lot of bullshit on this line.”

““Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote in a missive on Truth Social. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.””

“That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!”

“Fucking load of bullshit! You smashed his skull and dropped the F-bomb at him, and now you're claiming that he assaulted you?!”

“Respect for the truth and a concern for the truth are among the foundations for civilization. I was for a long time disturbed by the lack of respect for the truth that I observed... bullshit is one of the deformities of these values.”

“Illusive Man: Shepard, you're making a habit of costing me more than time and money. Shepard: I'm sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you. I'm getting a lot of bullshit on this line.”

“These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.”

“And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground By all this bullshit going down”

“Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?”

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