bullshit

Etymology

From bull + shit. In use since 1914.

noun

1. (vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
   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. Nov 6 2016, “Multilevel Marketing”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 29, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
2. (vulgar, slang, 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.
   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. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC
3. (vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
   That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!
   Fucking load of bullshit! You smashed his skull and dropped the F-bomb at him, and now you're claiming that he assaulted you?!
4. (rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
5. (philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
   Respect for the truth and a concern for the truth are among the foundations for civilization. I was for a long time disturbed by the lack of respect for the truth that I observed... bullshit is one of the deformities of these values. 2005, Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit
   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. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: After Collector Base: Final Battle
6. (vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (in its sense of 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.
   And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground By all this bullshit going down 1975, “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)”, in The Heat Is On, performed by The Isley Brothers
7. (card games, possibly vulgar) 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?

adj

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.
   They're bullshit jobs

verb

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

intj

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