bullshitとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlʃɪt/
• 韻: -ɪt

名詞

bullshit (uncountable)

1. (literally) Feces produced by a bull.
   • 2016 November 6, “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) 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.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 865290061, 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 of bullshit on this line.

3. (vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.

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

4. (rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
5. (philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
6. (vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity.
   • 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

   These rules cover to how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.

7. (card games, possibly offensive) 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.

   Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

同意語

• (deceptive または exaggerated nonsense): See Thesaurus:nonsense
• (patently または offensively false nonsense): See Thesaurus:lie
• (card game): BS, cheat, I doubt it

派生語

派生した語

• → Czech: bulšit

参考

形容詞

bullshit (comparative more bullshit, superlative most bullshit)

1. (vulgar, slang) absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (Most often said of speech, information, または 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 at what one has just heard.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:bullshit