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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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bullshit

/ˈbʊɫʃɪt/ noun, adjective, verb, interjection

Forms bullshits bullshitting bullshitted bullshat boulechite

  1. noun (vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
  2. noun (vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener. “Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.”
  3. noun (vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false. “That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!”
  4. noun (rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
  5. noun (philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
  6. noun (vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity). “These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.”
  7. noun (card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations. “Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?”
  8. adjective (vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content). “a bullshit job”
  9. verb (ambitransitive) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive. “I think you’re bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.”
  10. verb (intransitive) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze. “I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.”
  11. verb (intransitive) To come up with on the spot; to improvise. “We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.”
  12. verb (intransitive) To act in a way considered bullshit.
  13. interjection (vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.

Synonyms

cowshit cowpie BS horseshit absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin apple grease applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil Bandini baragouin batcrap batshit bilgewater blah bull Irish bull shit crap dogshit talk through one's hat fake

Antonyms

absolutely damn skippy damn straight indeed I'll be bound true dat true that trufax

Etymology

From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “bullshit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details