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horse·shit

(hôrs′shĭt′, hôrsh′-)

1. Vulgar The excrement of a horse.

2. Vulgar Slang Meaningless or insincere talk or action; nonsense.

interj.

Vulgar Slang Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

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horseshit

(ˈhɔːsˌʃɪt)

slang rubbish; nonsense

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horse•shit

(ˈhɔrsˌʃɪt, ˈhɔrʃ-)
n.
Vulgar Slang.

nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.

[1920–25, Amer.]

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Noun

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

bullshit, dogshit, Irish bull, 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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horseshit

[ˈhɔːsʃɪt] N (lit) → caca f de caballo (fig) → gilipollada f

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Death takes an apprentice partly because his horse produces dung; "up to [his] knees in horseshit," he needs someone to muck out the stable (Mort 47).

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It got way outta hand real fast." --Matt Whitehurst, of Psychedelic Horseshit

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(15) Hemingway's own varied coexistent responses to the bullfight, as at once profound and artful as well as ordinary, amoral, vicious fun--"such a goddamn relief from all this horseshit about Art etc" (Letters vol.