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bullshit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Meanings
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(slang, vulgar) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content).
That’s the most bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard.
a bullshit job
Forms
bullshit en · INTJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Meanings
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(slang, vulgar) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
Forms
Antonyms
true dat · true that · damn skippy · trufax · absolutely · damn straight · I'll be bound · indeed
Descendants
bolshet · forshet · bolset · bolshet · borshet
Hyponyms
pig's arse · my aunt Fanny · your ass · the fuck · your arse · my ass · like hell · my arse · my neck · the hell · my eye · like fun · my foot
Relateds
non ego · false · credat iudaeus Apella
Synonyms
flummery · codswallop · pshht · bullcrap · get out of town · fiddlestick · bollocks · bosh · pshaw · bugger off · Walker · Hookey Walker · tell it to Sweeney · it's got brass bells on · gertcha · fiddledeedee · right · fuck off · applesauce · tell it to the marines · come off it · horsefeathers · no way · fiddlesticks · fiddle · pshh · tell me another one · tell it to the judge · fiddle-faddle · pull the other leg · chinny reckon · give over · stroll on · malarkey · nonsense · gimme a break · c'mon · get away · get out of it · it's got bells on · pssh · horseshit · horse hockey · go on · come on · bullshit · pssht · get to fuck · yeah · get outta here · fiddlefart · you're having me on · you're pulling my leg · no · harumph · bullfuck · get out of here · bullcrud · pull the other one · bender · rubbish
Translations (41)
sv skitsnack (expression of disbelief) · ru не пизди́ (expression of disbelief) · pl pierdolisz! (expression of disbelief) · ru хуя́ (expression of disbelief) · lv nedirs (expression of disbelief) · fr n'importe quoi (expression of disbelief) · ru пизди́шь (expression of disbelief) · sh sereš! (expression of disbelief) · es huevadas (expression of disbelief) · pt nada a ver (expression of disbelief) · pt mentira (expression of disbelief) · fr ben voyons (expression of disbelief) · ro ete pula (expression of disbelief) · bg хуя ми (expression of disbelief) · es pendejadas (expression of disbelief) · fi katin kontit (expression of disbelief) · fr mon œil (expression of disbelief) · fr tu parles (expression of disbelief) · sv skit (expression of disbelief) · pl gówno prawda! (expression of disbelief) · nl onzin (expression of disbelief) · fi paskanmarjat (expression of disbelief) · bg хуйня (expression of disbelief) · id cuma ngomong gede (expression of disbelief) · th ขี้โม้ (expression of disbelief) · ro pe dracu (expression of disbelief) · el μαλακίες (expression of disbelief) · fi ja paskat (expression of disbelief) · fi kissan viikset (expression of disbelief) · pt o caralho (expression of disbelief) · es tonterías (expression of disbelief) · el πούτσες (expression of disbelief) · ro pe naiba (expression of disbelief) · es mierda (expression of disbelief) · es chorradas (expression of disbelief) · mk не сери (expression of disbelief) · es mierda de toro (expression of disbelief) · fi vitut (expression of disbelief) · fr mon cul (expression of disbelief) · lt nesąmonė (expression of disbelief) · ro pe mă-ta (expression of disbelief)
bullshit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Meanings
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(literally, uncountable, vulgar) Feces produced by a bull.
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.
2016 November 6, “Multilevel Marketing”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 29, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie
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(qualifier:usual sense, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading. ▸ Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
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.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:“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.”
2025 July 16, Kevin Liptak and Sarah Ferris, “Trump lashes out at ‘weaklings’ who believe Epstein ‘bullsh*t’ amid building GOP pressure to release documents”, in CNN:Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.
He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.
Christ, we’ve done well, we’ve lost every battle so far, so we have to hold on to Tobruk and claim it as a victory or something. It’s all bullshit. Tobruk’s not worth a light.
1917, Ray Rigby, Jacksons War, W.H. Allen, published 1967, page 88:
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar) Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading. ▸ Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
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?!
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(rhetoric, uncountable) Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading. ▸ Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
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(uncountable) Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading. ▸ Statements made without regard for their truth value.
I focus on unclarifiable unclarity in particular in preparation for a further inquiry into bullshit that addresses the question why so much of that particular kind of bullshit is produced in France. This kind of academic bullshit […] comes close to being celebrated for its very unclarity by some of its producers and consumers.
2002, G.A. Cohen, “Deeper into bullshit”, in Sarah Buss, Lee Overton, editors, Contours of Agency: Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt, page 333: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.
2005, Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit:
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar) Synonym of shit (any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
We’ve been settling for half-assed bullshit for too long.
2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022: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
1975, “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)”, in The Heat Is On, performed by The Isley Brothers:
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(possibly, uncountable, vulgar) 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.
In PM parlance, what I did in this story was call bullshit. This is in reference to the card game Bullshit, where you win if you get rid of all the cards in your hand. […] So, if at any time a another player thinks the first player is lying, she can “call bullshit”
2005, Scott Berkun, The Art of Project Management, page 260:The kids were surprisingly into Scrabble at the moment. It made a change from their last obsession with the card game Bullshit.
2017, Katey Lovell, Joe and Clara's Christmas Countdown, page 121:Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?
Forms
Coordinates
pigshit · goatshit · horseshit · sheepshit
Deriveds
bullshit artist · money talks, bullshit walks · bullshitty · bullshido · bullshoot · bullshitter · bullshittism · unbullshit · bullshittee · bullshit bingo · cut the bullshit · outbullshit · bullshit job · bullshittery · be on one's bullshit · bullshot · unbullshitable
Descendants
buchiteo · bulšit
Hypernyms
excrement · shit · manure
Relateds
donkeyshit · bearshit · bullcrap · ratshit · goatshit · chickenshit · dogshit · apeshit · birdshit · horseshit · cowshit · sheepshit · catshit · pigshit · batshit · wormshit · whaleshit
Synonyms
bullshit · stuff · baragouin · put-on · shit · applesauce · bull feathers · Irish bull · flam · pork pie · bushwah · bullcrap · shit · goof · fiddle-faddle · jargon · gibber · pigswill · load of crap · bollocks · moonshine · apple grease · lie · jibber-jabber · fuckery · word salad · jive · bluff · squit · horseshit · wass · humbug · gash · disinformation · crap · whiff-whaff · flummery · misstatement · skimble-skamble · foolishness · jabberwocky · bunkum · manure · tommy-rot · flapdoodle · jabber · untruism · yanker · fuckery · nertz · bollocks · terminological inexactitude · rhubarb · garbage · wass · batcrap · bullspeak · bilgewater · blah-blah-blah · piffle · bosh · shit · blatherskite · jibber-jabber · dribble · bafflegab · whopper · tommy-rot · rhubarb · jimjam · Gallophone · crock · hooey · inverity · blatherskite · falsity · applesauce · cobblers · junk · bobbins · mumbo jumbo · bull feathers · meaninglessness · batshit · baragouin · claptrap · nonsense · twaddle · mendacity · jargon · squit · doublespeak · fuckry · Irish bull · fib · bollocks · blah-blah · cap · double Dutch · fudge · rubbish · horse piss · crock · guff · nontruth · gossip · jive · flapdoodle · framis · hocus-pocus · hoax · shite · hummer · galimatias · clamjamfrey · bobbins · galimatias · put-on · disinformation · falsedom · banana oil · horseshit · blah-blah · BS · tush · invention · tall tale · ruse · load of bull · untruth · pile of shit · hokum · falseness · humbug · alternative fact · crap · horseshit · baloney · crock of shit · horse puckey · canard · terminological inexactitude · horse hockey · tush · horseshit · poppycock · gossip · junk · pie in the sky · twaddle · tripe · contradiction · rot · trash · blather · Greek · guff · absurdity · porky · cowpie · bafflegab · skimble-skamble · pie in the sky · nertz · gibber · cobblers · bunk · hogwash · clanker · rhubarb rhubarb · nonsense · red flag · rigmarole · swack-up · ruse · gobbledygook · balls · footle · bunk · lie · word salad · cowshit · bulldust · flizz · stuff and nonsense · stuff and nonsense · fiddle-faddle · hocus-pocus · flummery · malarkey · bullspeak · pile of crap · gup · balls · horse cock · rubbish · wisker · bull · bosh · trash · prevarication · garble · gobbledygook · garble · chin · horsefeathers · flim-flam · santorum · banana split · pigswill · meaninglessness · garbage · rot · BS · mistruth · codswallop · yed · double Dutch · fib · banana oil · flim-flam · rigmarole · BS · drivel · double talk · load of shit · anti-fact · trittle trattle · horseshit · nonsense · I doubt it · malarkey · drivel · batcrap · Greek · all my eye · crock of shit · apple grease · folderol · horse cock · bunkum · eyewash · gibberish · horse piss · hoax · baloney · story · misinformation · claptrap · cheat · blah-blah-blah · moonshine · prattle · blah · hooey · jabberwocky · falsehood · mumbo jumbo · double talk · BS · inveracity · porker · bulldust · tosh · macaroni · jabber · untruth · Gallophone · dribble · blather · horsefeathers · santorum · balderdash · clamjamfrey · rhubarb rhubarb · batshit · bull · misinformation · gash · fuckry · rubbish · gibberish · lallation · yed · hoax · fudge · stuff · bullshit · BS · all my eye and Betty Martin · falsehood · footle · prattle · horseshit · flizz · eyewash · codswallop · hogwash · bilgewater · folderol · bullshit · manure · piffle · fabrication · whiff-whaff · blah · foolishness · absurdity · cram · nonsense · falsification · Bandini · all my eye · poppycock · fabrication · jive · Bandini · tripe · doublespeak · BS · horse hockey · horse puckey · tosh · trittle trattle · shite · gup · jimjam · bushwah · lallation · balderdash · macaroni · all my eye and Betty Martin · hokum · leasing · framis · bullcrap
Translations (187)
vi chuyện nhảm nhí (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl stierenpoep (faeces of a bull) · ru хуйня́ (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ro rahat (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru пиздёж (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nv łį́į́ʼ bichąąʼ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · tr saçmalık (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · eo fekaĵo (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pt treta (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es caca (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu mese habbal (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ko 엉터리 (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · hu duma (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru бред си́вой кобы́лы (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Lügen (card game) · it coglionata (vulg.) (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · tr palavra (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nv tʼáá ádzaagóó (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es bulo (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es chorrada (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sv bluffstopp (card game) · it stronzata (vulg.) (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi sonta (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru чепуха́ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es majadería (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ne वाहियात (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id omong besar (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es desconfío (card game) · pl pitu–pitu (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nv dóola bichąąʼ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pierdzielenie o Chopinie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu süket duma (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl gelul (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sv strunt (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sv skitsnack (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ru хуета́ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi soopa (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · cs nesmysl (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es cuento chino (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ca falòrnia (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · sv skitsnack (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ca collonades (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pierdolenie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu hülyítés (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu blöff (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pt treta (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es idiotez (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sh sranje (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pt palhaçada (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es huevada (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sh срање (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · eo merdo (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ja でたらめ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ar هُرَاء (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · sv strunt (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · hu szófosás (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fr n’importe quoi (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ms mengarut (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ga cacamas (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · afb خَرَابِيط (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mentiroso (card game) · vi chuyện vô lý (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ja ダウト (card game) · no pisspreik (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru чушь соба́чья (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl bullshit (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi paskapuhe (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · is þvættingur (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hi बकचोदी (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fa کسشعر (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · is kjaftæði (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fr conneries (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi hölynpöly (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · afb حَچِي فَاضِي (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu kamu (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi paska (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ru херня́ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl gówno prawda (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · pt mentira (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · id ngawur (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ko 헛소리 (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl klakoty (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · egy i-w-ms-s-A2 (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id ngomong gede (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · cs kecy (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es gilipollez (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · tr blöf (card game) · ro trombon (card game) · afb مَهْزَلَة (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · th ล้อเล่น (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ro pulărie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id tahi banteng (faeces of a bull) · pl sranie w banię i po ścianie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · de durchsichtiges Geschwätz (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl sranie w banię (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl lulkoek (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · hu süketelés (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pierdoły (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ca bola (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · vi vớ vẩn (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fr conneries (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ja でたらめ (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es leseras (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · no okseavføring (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl bullshit (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · az gop (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ne हावा (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es bosta (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id mengarut (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl sroty, groty, pierdoty (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pierdoty (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es pedorrez (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fr pipeau (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · el μπούρδες (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es pendejadas (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · el σκατά (card game) · nl stierenontlasting (faeces of a bull) · pt asneira (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pt merda (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pitolenie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · eo falsaĵo (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl sranie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es boludez (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ro vrăjeală (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru херня́ (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · it cazzata (vulg.) (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl pieprzenie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru пиздёж (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · hu humbug (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · is lygari (card game) · cs kravina (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · afb مَصْخَرَة (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · sh срање (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi härän sonta (faeces of a bull) · tr saçmalık (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · vi nhảm nhí (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · vi chuyện phiếm (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi fusku (card game) · de Gequatsche (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Quatsch (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id ngelantur (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mamada (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · bg лайно на бик (faeces of a bull) · da pis (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ro căcat (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · cmn 放屁 (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · el μαλακίες (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mierda de toro (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es chamullo (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · bg хуйня (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fr baratin (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi hevonpaska (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl chrzanienie (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es cojudez (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · eo stultaĵo (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · is bull (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · no bull (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · cmn 狗屁 (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ca bòfia (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · cy cachu rwtsh (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · lt nesąmonė (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mierda (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · fi paska (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · sh sranje (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · sv skit (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · sv dumheter (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es tontería (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl bzdura (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ro căcat de taur (faeces of a bull) · pt besteira (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mentira (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · ru хуйня́ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · gl bosta (faeces of a bull) · la muscerdae (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru фигня́ (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · it minchiata (vulg.) (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · uk маячня (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · id berak sekebon (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · fr foutaises (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · es trola (vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense) · cmn 廢話 /废话 (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ka ყლეობა (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · es mierda (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl gówno prawda (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · fi pötypuhe (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · mk срање (vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru верю-не-верю (card game)
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bullshit en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
I think you’re bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
He said, “I might as well give it to you straight; you don’t want me bullshitting around with you.” I said, “Nope.”
1982, Stanley Goff, Robert Sanders, Clark Smith, Brothers, black soldiers in the Nam, page 32:She had told me that he had tried something with her before. Someone else had to fight him off her and she got away and I wasn't sure if I believed it cuz, I don't know, she's bullshitted me a few times
2004, Supreme Court of the United States, quoting Michael Crawford, Crawford v. Washington, 541 US 36:
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
The lute player would often wander by while these artists bullshat about the wonders of the abstract style. He was fascinated by their word games and mental crap about abstraction.
1987, Sidney Lawrence, Roger Brown, Roger Brown, exhibition catalog, page 84:As Franco and the squad leader bullshitted while drinking their beers, they suddenly heard a close heavy thump hit the ground nearby, right away hearing Hicks and the other guy break out in laughter!
2002, George Bielma, A Gathering of Eagles, page 21:I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.
His eyelids flickered. “No. No one special here, just Octavia, Rosemary, Mark, Andy and Jim. Spent most of the time bullshitting with Jim.”
1968, Gavin Lambert, A Case for the Angels, page 70:
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To act in a way considered bullshit.
Forms
Synonyms
crap (all senses)
Translations (57)
sv snacka skit (have casual conversation with no real point) · hu linkel (tell lies, exaggerate) · ro mânca căcat (have casual conversation with no real point) · es decir tonterías (tell lies, exaggerate) · es elucubrar (tell lies, exaggerate) · ru дури́ть (tell lies, exaggerate) · id ngomong besar (tell lies, exaggerate) · pl pierdolić (have casual conversation with no real point) · th โม้ (tell lies, exaggerate) · ru база́рить (have casual conversation with no real point) · ru чеса́ть языко́м (have casual conversation with no real point) · fr baratiner (tell lies, exaggerate) · lv diršana (tell lies, exaggerate) · es fanfarronear (tell lies, exaggerate) · fi jauhaa paskaa (have casual conversation with no real point) · tr boş yapmak (tell lies, exaggerate) · es lucubrar (tell lies, exaggerate) · nl ouwehoeren (have casual conversation with no real point) · hu átvág (tell lies, exaggerate) · th ไร้สาระ (have casual conversation with no real point) · fr exagérer (tell lies, exaggerate) · nl lullen (have casual conversation with no real point) · fr pipeauter (tell lies, exaggerate) · ro mânca căcat (tell lies, exaggerate) · it dire cazzate (tell lies, exaggerate) · tr saçmalamak (tell lies, exaggerate) · lv sūdu gvelšana (have casual conversation with no real point) · es florear (tell lies, exaggerate) · el δουλεύω (tell lies, exaggerate) · es huevear (tell lies, exaggerate) · pt bater papo (have casual conversation with no real point) · jv nggedebus (tell lies, exaggerate) · hu süketel (have casual conversation with no real point) · es mentir (tell lies, exaggerate) · hu szívat (tell lies, exaggerate) · pt enganar (tell lies, exaggerate) · hu szövegel (have casual conversation with no real point) · mi paraparau (tell lies, exaggerate) · pl pieprzyć (have casual conversation with no real point) · sv prata skit (tell lies, exaggerate) · sv prata strunt (have casual conversation with no real point) · es meter floro (tell lies, exaggerate) · ru пизде́ть (tell lies, exaggerate) · hu szédít (tell lies, exaggerate) · fi puhua paskaa (have casual conversation with no real point) · pl pierdolić (tell lies, exaggerate) · fi puhua paskaa (tell lies, exaggerate) · pt aldrabar (tell lies, exaggerate) · sv snacka skit (tell lies, exaggerate) · sh srati (tell lies, exaggerate) · th เว่อ (tell lies, exaggerate) · fr blablater (have casual conversation with no real point) · it cazzeggiare (have casual conversation with no real point) · hu hülyít (tell lies, exaggerate) · de Scheiße erzählen (tell lies, exaggerate) · pl pieprzyć (tell lies, exaggerate) · ru пизде́ть (have casual conversation with no real point)