bullshit

Definition

  • noun: foolish or untrue words or ideas
  • noun: foolish insolent talk
  • verb: to say foolish or untrue things to (someone)
  • verb: to talk foolishly, boastfully, or idly
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: nonsense, bull, irish bull

Examples

  • He tried to 'bullshit his way' through the interview. [=to fool the people who were interviewing him by saying things that were not true]

  • That's (a load of) complete/pure/total/utter 'bullshit'! [='nonsense', 'bull']

  • He told some 'bullshit' story about how he sailed around the world.

Movie quotes

  • (..) The pressure outside is / tons per square inch. These windows are nine inches thick. lf they go, it's sayonara in two microseconds. All right. Enough of that bullshit. Put her down on the roof of the officers' quarters. Sure. Okay, Mir . We've landed on the grand staircase. (..)
    1997 Titanic