bullshittism

Noun

bullshittism (countable and uncountable, plural bullshittisms)

1. (Internet, derogatory, humorous, uncommon, vulgar) The belief that everything is nonsense or untrue; the belief that attempting to be truthful is pointless.
2. (informal) A set of beliefs, practices, or attitudes based on false or misleading assertions.
   • I don't think they give much of a fuck about foster children, only about whether people these days are being beaten out of the things that they, in their religious bullshittism, have traditionally wished beaten out of them, which actually has been a major cause of brutality and criminality in the...2000 September 15, Steve, “Re: Spanking Foster Kids - A good idea or not?”, in alt.parenting.spanking (Usenet)
   • One of the links in my About.com profile is a reply for the message "Buddhism in a nutshell", which is my unbunking of the bullshittism thas^([sic]) is Buddhism.2008 April 8, Autymn D. C., “Re: Dropping Einstein Like a Stone”, in sci.physics (Usenet)
3. (informal) A false or misleading statement; a piece of bullshit.
   • “Dorothy, I have always believed and have always said that a great deal of that is true,” said Michael. He avoided the most egregious bullshittism of “I don't know what the perfect answer is”—clergy always threw this in with especial triumph, as if, in fact, they’d found it.1973 May, May Dikeman, chapter 35, in The Devil We Know, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 374
   • Don't get me wrong I like doom, I like reading about it. But it is getting rediculous when 3 out of 5 posts here are pointing out a tiny little bullshitism in somebodies post - I mean, get a life. If you did it in normal conversation you'd be filled in after the first minute!1996 April 23, Paul Noble, “Vote! Most Pedantic News group ever”, in rec.games.computer.doom.playing (Usenet)