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BS

BS

106 9.1
Informal talk that is false or meant to deceive people
  • noun
  • /biː ɛs/
  • Offensive
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  • What we need is real help, not BS from the mayor and JCP&L.
  • call BS
  • total BS
  • a bunch of BS

A gain dwarfs all the rest of the BS, right?

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Examples

  • You know I can see through your BS, right?

  • What kind of BS did he say about me now?

  • Based on that, their claims were BS, which they obviously were.

  • It's probably all BS, but we'll mention it anyway.

  • I already heard it so much, it all sounds like BS to me.

  • Sorry, but I get sick of all the BS going on, and reading 14 sources.

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  • There are three kinds of BS: lies, damn lies, and statistics.

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  • Come on, that kind of BS doesn't cut it with me anymore.

  • Listen, once you sift through all of his BS, he does care about you.

  • His story about winning the lottery was pure BS, and nobody believed him.

Synonyms

crap
vsBS
  • Offensive
8.5

Words that are false or useless

is cruder and more offensive than that common coarse word
bullcrap
vsBS
  • Offensive
9 9.7

Something not true that people say to fool others

is an informal crude abbreviation often used broadly for deception
load of bullshit
vsBS
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A rude expression that says something is not true

is a short crude label for nonsense or deceptive talk
bollocks
vsBS
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing

is more general and covers deceptive talk as well as lies
bla
vsBS
  • Informal
1 9.1

Boring talk that has no useful meaning

is cruder and more insulting, implying deliberate deceit not boredom
total bullspit
vsBS
  • NSFW
9.9

A false statement said on purpose to trick people

is the crude and more offensive word rather than the milder form
pure bullsheet
vsBS
  • NSFW
9.9

False talk meant to trick people

is harsher and more crude than that mild substitute

How Nonsensical

BS
  • Offensive
106 9.1
baloney
  • Informal
48 7.5
nonsense
578 2.5
silliness
29 2.6

Surface Forms

BS singular
BSs plural

Morphology

BS = bullshit (semi-transparent) = B + S

An initialism of the slang term 'bullshit'; speakers familiar with the slang will understand the abbreviation directly. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

BS is an informal short form of the crude word bullshit, used to call something 'nonsense' or a 'lie', so when people say something is BS they mean it is not true or worth trusting.