单词 | bullshitter |
释义 | > as lemmasˈbullshitter ˈbullshitter n. one who exaggerates or talks nonsense, esp. to bluff or impress. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > one who indulges in gabbler1624 mataeologian1653 mataeologue1716 twaddler1787 twaddle1802 piffler1885 bullshitter1941 waffler1959 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates > in language embroiderer16.. hyperbolist1661 longbowman1678 distender1831 bullshitter1941 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 15 Bullsh, nonsense, empty chatter, bragging. Whence ‘bullsh-tter’: one given to bragging or empty talk. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §422/3 ‘Tall talker’,..bull fighter, bull-shitter, bull shooter. 1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils i. 20 ‘Well..I'll see what I can do,’ he said, as we went out. ‘A nice old bullshitter,’ Walter told me. 1966 H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy i. 19 I had already had some experience with..blowhards and bullshitters as they are called in the Cariboo. 1970 J. Lennon in J. Wenner Lennon Remembers (1972) 72 He is a bullshitter. But he made us credible with intellectuals. 1986 C. Lassalle Breaking Rules 157 That bogus old bullshitter, Jung. < as lemmas |
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