Bullshit

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Bullshit (sometimes bullshite or bullcrap) is a common English expletive which means "nonsense", especially as a rebuke in response to communication or actions viewed as deceptive, misleading, disingenuous, unfair or false. Mostly a slang term and a profanity, it may be shortened to the euphemism bull or the initialism B.S.. In British English, "bollocks" is a comparable expletive. As with many expletives, the term can be used as an interjection, or as many other parts of speech, and can carry a wide variety of meanings. A person who excels at communicating nonsense on a given subject is sometimes referred to as a "bullshit artist" instead of a "liar". In philosophy and psychology of cognition, the term "bullshit" is sometimes used to specifically refer to statements produced without particular concern for truth, clarity, or meaning, distinguishing "bullshit" from a deliberate, manipulative lie intended to subvert the truth. In business and management, guidelines for comprehending, recognizing...

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