bullshitとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlʃɪt/

名詞

bullshit (uncountable)

1. (literally) The faeces of a bull.
   • 2016 November 6, John Oliver, “Multilevel Marketing”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 29, 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 of bullshit.

2. (vulgar, slang) False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.

   Synonyms: BS, bull, bulldada, bullpucky, bushwah, malarkey; see also Thesaurus:nonsense

   Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.

   • 1975, “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)”, in The Heat Is On, performed by The Isley Brothers:

     And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground / By all this bullshit going down

3. (rhetoric) Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.
4. (vulgar, slang) A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.

   Synonyms: BS, cheat, I doubt it

   Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

5. (vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.

   That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said you never came in!

6. (philosophy) Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.

派生語

派生した語

• → Czech: bulšit

参考

• apeshit
• batshit
• bearshit
• birdshit
• bullcrap
• catshit
• chickenshit
• cowshit
• dogshit
• donkeyshit
• goat shit
• horseshit
• pigshit
• ratshit
• sheepshit
• whaleshit
• wormshit
• 参考 Thesaurus:nonsense

形容詞

bullshit (comparative more bullshit, superlative most bullshit)

1. (vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.

   That's the most bullshit excuse I've ever heard.

   bulllshit jobs

動詞

bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshitted or bullshit or (まれに) bullshat)

1. (transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

   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.

2. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze

   I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.

3. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.

   We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn't know any songs.

同意語

• (all senses): crap (Indian English)

間投詞

bullshit!

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

同意語

• See Thesaurus:bullshit