different between advertising vs bullshit

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ædv??ta?z??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ædv??ta?z??/
• Hyphenation: ad?ver?tis?ing

Noun

advertising (usually uncountable, plural advertisings)

1. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
   • 1899, Walter Besant, The Pen and the Book

     Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns.
2. The industry or profession made up of such communications.

Derived terms

• advertising agency
• dark advertising
• online advertising
• two-price advertising

Related terms

• advertisement

Translations

Verb

advertising

1. present participle of advertise

Further reading

• advertising on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gainstrived

English

Etymology

bull +? shit. In use since the 1920s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l??t/

Noun

bullshit (uncountable)

1. (literally) The faeces of a bull.
2. (vulgar, slang) False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.

   Synonyms: BS, bull, bulldada, bullpucky, bushwah, malarkey; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
3. (vulgar, slang) A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.

   Synonyms: BS, cheat, I doubt it

4. (vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.

5. (rhetoric) Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.
6. (philosophy) Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Czech: bulšit

Translations

See also

• apeshit
• batshit
• bearshit
• birdshit
• bullcrap
• catshit
• chickenshit
• cowshit
• dogshit
• donkeyshit
• goat shit
• horseshit
• pigshit
• ratshit
• sheepshit
• whaleshit
• wormshit
• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Adjective

bullshit (comparative more bullshit, superlative most bullshit)

1. (vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.

Verb

bullshit (third-person singular simple present bullshits, present participle bullshitting, simple past and past participle bullshitted or bullshit or (rare) bullshat)

1. (transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

2. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze

3. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.

Synonyms

• (all senses): crap (Indian English)

Translations

Interjection

bullshit!

1. (vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

Anagrams

• shitbull

French

Etymology

From English bullshit.

Noun

bullshit f (uncountable)

1. (Quebec, colloquial) bullshit