noun
obscene words for unacceptable behavior
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I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
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what he said was mostly bull
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crappy (for: ↑crap), ↑bull (for: ↑bull), ↑bullshit (for: ↑bullshit)
• Usage Domain: ↑obscenity, ↑smut, ↑vulgarism, ↑filth, ↑dirty word
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nounUsage: usually capitalized I
: an expression containing apparent congruity but actual incongruity of ideas
“it was hereditary in his family to have no children” is a well-known Irish bull
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a paradoxical statement that appears at first to make sense. Example: He's the kind of guy who looks you right in the eye as he stabs you in the back.
[1795-1805]
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Irish bull,
an absurd and amusing mistake in language; bull.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.