hogshit story
- noun
- Offensive
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historia de mierda
- He told me a hogshit story about how he once fought a bear with his bare hands.
Examples
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Don't waste my time with that hogshit story; tell me what really happened.
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Everyone knew it was just another hogshit story meant to impress the new students.
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That was a complete hogshit story!
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I can't believe you told such a hogshit story.
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Everyone knew it was just another hogshit story meant to impress the new students.
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He told me a hogshit story about how he once fought a bear with his bare hands.
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Don't waste my time with that hogshit story; tell me what really happened.
Synonyms
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7.2
A long story that is probably not true
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4.0
A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny
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7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
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4.6
A very exciting tale that is often not true
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7.3
A made-up tale that is hard to believe
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5.5
A made up story told to hide the truth
A false story people tell to hide the real reason
A made-up story told in a big, exciting way to amuse people
A made-up or exaggerated story that is unlikely to be true
Antonyms
How Believable
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3.0
∞
1.0
- Literature
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4.0
- Offensive
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6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
hogshit + story
This is a vulgar, slang compound whose literal parts ('hog' + 'shit') cue contempt and worthlessness in a way similar to 'bullshit', so a learner might infer a meaning like 'nonsense' but only via metaphorical extension and familiarity with coarse register. The specific sense and pragmatic force are not fully predictable from the parts alone, so prior exposure or knowledge of comparable slang is usually required.
Etymology
The phrase hogshit story may come from the image of a big pile of pig dung. Calling something hog shit makes it sound dirty and useless, so a hogshit story means a story that is clearly false or 'nonsense'.