Bullshitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From bull +‎ shit. First use appears c. 1910.

Compare typologically Latin mūscerda (questionable).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbʊlʃɪt/
• 韻: -ɪt

名詞

bullshit (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.

   Hypernyms: manure; excrement, shit

   Coordinate terms: (livestock manures) goatshit, horseshit, pigshit, sheepshit

   Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie

   • 2016 November 6, “Multilevel Marketing”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 29, John Oliver (actor), via 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. Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
   1. (vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.

      Synonyms: BS, horseshit; see also Thesaurus:bullshit, Thesaurus:nonsense

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

      He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.

      • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, 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.

      • 2025 July 16, Kevin Liptak and Sarah Ferris, “Trump lashes out at ‘weaklings’ who believe Epstein ‘bullsh*t’ amid building GOP pressure to release documents”, in CNN‎:

        “Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote in a missive on Truth Social. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”

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

      Synonyms: BS, horseshit; see also Thesaurus:falsehood, Thesaurus:lie

      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?!

   3. (rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.

      Synonyms: BS, horseshit

   4. (philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.

      Synonyms: nonsense, BS, horseshit; see also Thesaurus:nonsense

      • 2005, Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit:

        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.

      • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: After Collector Base: Final Battle:

        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) 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.

   • 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

4. (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.

   Synonyms: BS, cheat, I doubt it, banana split

   Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

派生語

派生した語

• → Czech: bulšit

参考

• See also 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).

   a bullshit job

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

動詞

bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshitted or bullshit or (rare) bullshat) (vulgar, slang)

1. (ambitransitive) 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) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.

   I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.

3. (intransitive) 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.

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

アナグラム

• shitbull