bullshit
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
intj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: card-games
games
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Compound parts: bull
shit
Inflected forms:
form: boulechite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more bullshit
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bullshit
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: boulechite
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: bullshits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bullshitting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bullshitted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bullshitted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bullshit
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bullshit
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bullshat
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: bullshat
pos: verb
tags: past
rare
form: boulechite
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: boulechite
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Feces produced by a bull.
pos: noun
tags: literally
uncountable
vulgar
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.
gloss: Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: 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.
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.”
gloss: Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: 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?!
gloss: Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
pos: noun
tags: rhetoric
uncountable
gloss: Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Synonym of shit (any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: 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
We’ve been settling for half-assed bullshit for too long.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: possibly
uncountable
vulgar
examples: Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?
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”
The kids were surprisingly into Scrabble at the moment. It made a change from their last obsession with the card game Bullshit.
gloss: Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content).
pos: adj
tags: slang
vulgar
examples: a bullshit job
That’s the most bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard.
gloss: To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
slang
vulgar
examples: 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 said, “I might as well give it to you straight; you don’t want me bullshitting around with you.” I said, “Nope.”
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
gloss: To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
vulgar
examples: 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.”
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.
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!
gloss: To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
vulgar
examples: We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.
gloss: An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
pos: intj
tags: slang
vulgar
Antonyms: absolutely
damn skippy
damn straight
indeed
I'll be bound
true dat
true that
trufax
Related words: apeshit
batshit
bearshit
birdshit
bullcrap
catshit
chickenshit
cowshit
dogshit
donkeyshit
goatshit
horseshit
pigshit
ratshit
sheepshit
whaleshit
wormshit
Derived words: be on one's bullshit
bullshido
bullshit artist
bullshit bingo
bullshit job
bullshittee
bullshitter
bullshittery
bullshittism
bullshitty
bullshoot
bullshot
cut the bullshit
money talks, bullshit walks
outbullshit
unbullshit
unbullshitable
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: هُرَاء
roman: hurāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: مَصْخَرَة
roman: mɐsˤχɐrə
lang: Arabic
word: مَهْزَلَة
roman: mɐhzɐlə
lang: Catalan
word: falòrnia
lang: Catalan
word: bola
lang: Catalan
word: bòfia
lang: Finnish
word: paska
lang: French
word: n’importe quoi
lang: French
word: conneries
lang: French
word: foutaises
lang: Indonesian
word: berak sekebon
lang: Japanese
word: でたらめ
roman: detarame
lang: Korean
word: 엉터리
roman: eongteori
lang: Polish
word: gówno prawda
lang: Portuguese
word: palhaçada
lang: Portuguese
word: mentira
lang: Portuguese
word: treta
lang: Russian
word: пиздёж
roman: pizdjóž
lang: Russian
word: хуйня́
roman: xujnjá
lang: Russian
word: херня́
roman: xernjá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: срање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sranje
lang: Spanish
word: bulo
lang: Spanish
word: trola
lang: Spanish
word: mentira
lang: Spanish
word: mierda
lang: Swedish
word: skitsnack
lang: Swedish
word: skit
lang: Swedish
word: dumheter
lang: Swedish
word: strunt
lang: Turkish
word: saçmalık