bull feathers

Noun

bullshit (uncountable)

1. (literally, vulgar) Feces produced by a bull.
   • Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie

   Synonyms:

   cowshit, cowpie

2. (slang, vulgar, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
   • Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.

   Synonyms:

   BS, horseshit, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls

3. (slang, vulgar) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
   • That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!

   Synonyms:

   BS, horseshit, falsedom, falsehood, falsity, falseness, terminological inexactitude, untruth, disinformation, fabrication

4. (rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.

   Synonyms:

   BS, horseshit

5. 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...2002, G.A. Cohen, “Deeper into bullshit”, in Sarah Buss, Lee Overton, editors, Contours of Agency: Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt, page 333

   Synonyms:

   BS, horseshit, nonsense, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash

6. (slang, vulgar) Synonym of shit (any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
   • These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.

   Synonyms:

   shit

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