bullshitter

English

Etymology

From bullshit +‎ -er.

Noun

bullshitter (plural bullshitters)

1. (vulgar) Someone who lies or exaggerates a lot, especially in order to get noticed.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver

   Coordinate term: bullshittee

   • 2023 July 17, James Ryerson, quoting Harry Frankfurt, “Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 94”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Whereas the liar is at least mindful of the truth (if only to avoid it), the “bullshitter,” Professor Frankfurt wrote, is distinguished by his complete indifference to how things are.

Translations

someone who lies a lot (vulgar)

• Azerbaijani: gopçu (az), osturaqçı
• Finnish: paskanpuhuja, paskanjauhaja, kusettaja (fi)
• French: menteur (fr) m, menteuse (fr) f, baratineur (fr) m, marchand de tapis (fr)
• Italian: cazzaro (it) m, ciarlatano (it) m, gabbamondo m
• Maori: paraki waha, waha hakirara
• Russian: трепло́ (ru) n (trepló), брехло́ (ru) n (brexló) (mild), пиздобо́л (ru) m (pizdoból), пиздобо́лка f (pizdobólka) (vulgar), хуеплёт (ru) m (xujepljót), хуеплётка f (xujepljótka), (vulgar) пизду́н (ru) m (pizdún), пизду́нья f (pizdúnʹja) (vulgar), пиздоплёт m (pizdopljót), пиздоплётка f (pizdopljótka) (vulgar)
• Spanish: cantamañanas m or f

See also

• bullshit
• bullcrapper

Further reading

• “bullshitter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “bullshitter”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
• “bullshitter”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

French

Alternative forms

• bullshiter

Etymology

Borrowed from English bullshit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.ʃi.te/
  • IPA^(key): (Quebec) /bʊl.ʃi.te/

Verb

bullshitter

1. (Quebec, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) to tell lies, to deceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of bullshitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bullshitter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bullshittant /bul.ʃi.tɑ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bullshitté /bul.ʃi.te/ or /bɔl.ʃi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bullshitte /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshittes /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshitte /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshittons /bul.ʃi.tɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɔ̃/	bullshittez /bul.ʃi.te/ or /bɔl.ʃi.te/	bullshittent /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/
	imperfect	bullshittais /bul.ʃi.tɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɛ/	bullshittais /bul.ʃi.tɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɛ/	bullshittait /bul.ʃi.tɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɛ/	bullshittions /bul.ʃi.tjɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tjɔ̃/	bullshittiez /bul.ʃi.tje/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tje/	bullshittaient /bul.ʃi.tɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɛ/
	past historic2	bullshittai /bul.ʃi.te/ or /bɔl.ʃi.te/	bullshittas /bul.ʃi.ta/ or /bɔl.ʃi.ta/	bullshitta /bul.ʃi.ta/ or /bɔl.ʃi.ta/	bullshittâmes /bul.ʃi.tam/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tam/	bullshittâtes /bul.ʃi.tat/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tat/	bullshittèrent /bul.ʃi.tɛʁ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɛʁ/
	future	bullshitterai /bul.ʃi.tʁe/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁe/	bullshitteras /bul.ʃi.tʁa/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁa/	bullshittera /bul.ʃi.tʁa/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁa/	bullshitterons /bul.ʃi.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɔ̃/	bullshitterez /bul.ʃi.tʁe/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁe/	bullshitteront /bul.ʃi.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bullshitterais /bul.ʃi.tʁɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɛ/	bullshitterais /bul.ʃi.tʁɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɛ/	bullshitterait /bul.ʃi.tʁɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɛ/	bullshitterions /bul.ʃi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	bullshitteriez /bul.ʃi.tə.ʁje/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tə.ʁje/	bullshitteraient /bul.ʃi.tʁɛ/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	bullshitte /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshittes /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshitte /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	bullshittions /bul.ʃi.tjɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tjɔ̃/	bullshittiez /bul.ʃi.tje/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tje/	bullshittent /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/
	imperfect2	bullshittasse /bul.ʃi.tas/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tas/	bullshittasses /bul.ʃi.tas/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tas/	bullshittât /bul.ʃi.ta/ or /bɔl.ʃi.ta/	bullshittassions /bul.ʃi.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.ta.sjɔ̃/	bullshittassiez /bul.ʃi.ta.sje/ or /bɔl.ʃi.ta.sje/	bullshittassent /bul.ʃi.tas/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bullshitte /bul.ʃit/ or /bɔl.ʃit/	—	bullshittons /bul.ʃi.tɔ̃/ or /bɔl.ʃi.tɔ̃/	bullshittez /bul.ʃi.te/ or /bɔl.ʃi.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).