load of bullshit
2
9.9
- idiom
- /loʊd əv ˈbʊlʃɪt/
- Offensive
- What a load of bullshit.
Examples
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The rest was just a load of bullshit.
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Another load of bullshit.
Blog text (24) -
What a load of bullshit!
Blog text (14) -
"What a load of bullshit!" said Mitchell.
Fiction book (1994) -
The mainstream media, as usual, tried to sell you all a load of bullshit.
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I understand what you're saying, and the car thing is a load of bullshit.
Blog text (20) -
That's a load of bullshit.
Blog text (26) -
That's a super sized load of bullshit.
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Plus, Coldplay and Radiohead are on this list; what a load of bullshit that is.
Blog text (10) -
He dismissed the excuse as just a load of bullshit.
Synonyms
∞
9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
∞
8.5
Words that are false or useless
839
9.3
False or silly talk meant to trick and annoy people
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
22
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
16
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
9
8.4
Silly or untrue talk that is not serious
9
9.7
Something not true that people say to fool others
3
9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
3
9.9
A statement that is completely untrue and makes no sense
1
9.9
Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
1
9.9
Talk that is false or silly
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
A false statement said on purpose to trick people
False talk meant to trick people
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Something someone says that is not true
A large amount of nonsense that is clearly untrue
A story or idea that is untrue and silly
Something very silly and not true
Talk that is false and makes no sense
Complete nonsense that is not true and not believable
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'a load' = a large amount, 'of' links the quantifier to the noun, and 'bullshit' = nonsense/false talk, so together they yield 'a large amount of nonsense'. The construction 'a load of X' is a common, transparent quantifying pattern (and the vulgar register does not alter the compositional logic), so a learner who knows the parts can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase load of bullshit may come from the image of a cart piled with animal dung, where load means a large pile and bullshit is the dung. So, calling something a load of bullshit compares it to a big pile of dung and means 'nonsense' or 'something untrue'.