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English

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Etymology

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Frombull +‎shit. First use appears c. 1910.

Compare typologically Latinmūscerda (questionable).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bullshit (uncountable)

  2. (vulgar, literally)Fecesproduced by abull.
    Synonym:cowshit
    Hypernyms:manure;excrement,shit
    Coordinate terms:(livestock manures)goatshit,horseshit,pigshit,sheepshit
    • 2016 November 6, “Multilevel Marketing”, inLast Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode29,John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
      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 ofbullshit.
  4. (vulgar, slang, usual sense)Statements that arefalse orexaggerated toimpress orcheat thelistener.
    Synonyms:BS,horseshit;see alsoThesaurus:nonsense
    Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot ofbullshit.
    He wrote loads ofbullshit in the science exam.
    • 2010,BioWare,Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→OCLC, PC:
      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 ofbullshit on this line.
    • 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”, inCNN‎[1]:
      “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.”
  6. (vulgar, slang)Statements that aretransparently oroffensivelyfalse.
    Synonyms:BS,horseshit;see alsoThesaurus:falsehood,Thesaurus:lie
    That's totalbullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!
    Fucking load ofbullshit! You smashed his skull and dropped the F-bomb at him, and now you're claiming that he assaulted you?!
  8. (rhetoric)Statements that areintentionallymisleading,whethertrue ornot.
    Synonyms:BS,horseshit
  10. (philosophy)Statementsmade withoutregard for theirtruth value.
    Synonyms:nonsense,BS,horseshit;see alsoThesaurus:nonsense
    • 2005,Harry Frankfurt,On Bullshit:
      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.
    • 2010,BioWare,Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→OCLC, PC, scene: After Collector Base: Final Battle:
      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 ofbullshit on this line.
  12. (vulgar, slang)Synonym ofshit(in itssense ofanystuff,especially whenviewednegatively or withcollegialvulgarity).
    These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all thatbullshit.
    • 1975, “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)”, inThe Heat Is On, performed byThe Isley Brothers:
      And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground
      By all thisbullshit going down
  14. (card games, possibly vulgar) Acard game in whichplayerstry todiscard theirhandsfirst,followingrules thatencouragebluffing,calling others' bluffs, andpenalizingothers bytricking them intoinaccurateaccusations.
    Synonyms:BS,cheat,I doubt it
    Anyone want to play a few hands ofbullshit?

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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faeces of a bull
vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense—see alsononsense
vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements—see alsononsense
card game

See also

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Adjective

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bullshit (comparativemorebullshit,superlativemostbullshit)

  1. (vulgar, slang)Absurd,irrational, ornonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content).
    abullshit job
    That’s the mostbullshit excuse I’ve ever heard.

Verb

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bullshit (third-person singular simple presentbullshits,present participlebullshitting,simple past and past participlebullshittedorbullshitor(rare)bullshat)

  1. (ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To telllies,exaggerate; tomislead; todeceive.
    I think you’rebullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
    You’rebullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
  2. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To havecasualconversation with no real point; toshoot the breeze.
    I will probably just go andbullshit with Joe for a while.
  3. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) Tocome up withon the spot; toimprovise.
    We just went on stage andbullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.

Synonyms

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  • (all senses):crap(Indian English)

Translations

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tell lies, exaggerate
have casual conversation with no real point
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Interjection

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bullshit

  1. (vulgar, slang)An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.

Synonyms

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Translations

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expression of disbelief

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbullshit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bullshit f (uncountable)

  1. (North America, colloquial)bullshit

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbullshit. In oral use since 1950-s or even before (written form attested in Norwegian Bokmål source asbullskitt in 1959).

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Noun

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bullshit m (definite singularbullshiten,uncountable)
bullshit n (definite singularbullshitet,uncountable)

  1. (slang)falseinformation
    Synonyms:løgn,skrøne,tull,tøys
  2. (slang) irritating or uselessobject
    Synonyms:drit,faenskap,skit
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