where does the term bullshit come from
Bull, meaning nonsense, dates from the 17th century, while the term bullshit has been used as early as 1915 in American slang, and came into popular usage only during World War II.The word bull itself may have derived from the Old French boul meaning fraud, deceit. The term horseshit is a near synonym.he word bullshit does not appear in the text of the poem, and Eliot himself never published the poem. As to earlier etymology the Oxford English Dictionary cites bull with the meaning trivial, insincere, untruthful talk or writing, nonsense .