Definition of BULLSHIT

bullshit

Noun

  • obscene words for unacceptable behavior
    • "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"
  • Feces produced by a bull.
  • Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
  • Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
  • Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
  • Statements made without regard for their truth value.
  • Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
  • 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.

Verb

  • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
  • To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
  • To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
  • To come up with on the spot; to improvise.

Adj

  • Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content).

Intj

  • An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.

Examples

  • a bullshit job
  • Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?
  • Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.
  • Fucking load of bullshit! You smashed his skull and dropped the F-bomb at him, and now you're claiming that he assaulted you?!
  • He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.
  • I think you’re bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
  • I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.
  • That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!
  • That’s the most bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard.
  • These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.
  • We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.
  • You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.

Origin / Etymology

From bull + shit. First use appears c. 1910.

Synonyms

bull, crap, dogshit, fake, horseshit, Irish bull, shit, talk through one's hat, BS, BS#Noun, Bandini, Greek, Hookey Walker, I doubt it#Noun, Walker, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, alternative fact, anti-fact, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil, baragouin, batcrap, batshit, bender, bilgewater, blah, blather, blatherskite, bluff, bobbins, bollocks, bosh, bugger off, bull feathers, bullcrap, bullcrud, bulldust, bullfuck, bullshit, bullspeak, bunk, bunkum, bushwah, c'mon, canard, cap, cheat#Noun, chin, chinny reckon, clamjamfrey, clanker, claptrap, cobblers, codswallop, come off it, come on, contradiction, cowshit, cram, crock, crock of shit, disinformation, double Dutch, double talk, doublespeak, drivel, eyewash, fabrication, falsedom, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, fiddlefart, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, flam, flapdoodle, flim-flam, flizz, flummery, folderol, foolishness, footle, framis, fuck off, fuckery, fuckry, fudge, galimatias, garbage, garble, gertcha, get away, get out of here, get out of it, get out of town, get outta here, get to fuck, gibber, gibberish, gimme a break, give over, go on, gobbledygook, goof, gossip, guff, gup, harumph, hoax, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hokum, hooey, horse hockey, horse piss, horse puckey, horsefeathers, humbug, hummer, inveracity, inverity, it's got bells on, it's got brass bells on, jabber, jargon, jibber-jabber, jimjam, jive, junk, lallation, leasing, lie, macaroni, malarkey, manure, meaninglessness, mendacity, misinformation, misstatement, mistruth, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, nertz, no, no way, nonsense, nontruth, pie in the sky, piffle, pigswill, poppycock, pork pie, porker, porky, prattle, prevarication, pshaw, pshh, pshht, pssh, pssht, pull the other leg, pull the other one, put-on, red flag, rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb, right, rigmarole, rot, rubbish, ruse, santorum, shite, skimble-skamble, squit, story, stroll on, stuff, stuff and nonsense, swack-up, tall tale, tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the judge, tell it to the marines, tell me another one, terminological inexactitude, tommy-rot, tosh, trash, tripe, tush, twaddle, untruism, untruth, wass, whiff-whaff, whopper, wisker, word salad, yanker, yeah, yed, you're having me on, you're pulling my leg

Antonyms

I'll be bound, absolutely, damn skippy, damn straight, indeed, true dat, true that, trufax

Scrabble Score: 13

bullshit: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
bullshit: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
bullshit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

bullshit: valid Words With Friends Word