Irish bull

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Irish bull

A statement containing an incongruity or a logical absurdity, usually unbeknown to the speaker. "With a pistol in each hand and a sword in the other" is an Irish bull.

Irish bull

a ludicrously illogical statement See also bull²

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Irish bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"

bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, shit, crap, bull

bunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase

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bunkum
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hogwash
horseshit
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Its job title is Irish bull, which WNW defines as "a ludicrously illogical or incongruous mistake in statement.

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