horseshit

English

Etymology

From horse +‎ shit.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

horseshit (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, slang) Synonym of bullshit (figurative senses).

   Synonyms: horsecrap, horsedung; more at bullshit

   1. (vulgar, slang) Serious harassment or abuse.

      That scumbag dumped a whole carload of horseshit over his associates.

   2. (vulgar, slang) Blatant nonsense, more likely stemming from ignorance than any intent to deceive.

      He thinks vinegar is alkaline? Don't you realize that's horseshit?

   3. (vulgar, slang) Deliberate falsehoods (lies); manipulations or cons (fraud).

      He claims that he wasn't at that meeting? Don't you realize that's horseshit?

2. (literally) Horse feces / manure.

   Synonyms: horsecrap, horsedung

   Coordinate terms: (livestock manures) bullshit, cowshit, goatshit, pigshit, sheepshit

   • 2001, Gil Roscoe, Company of Thieves‎^[1], page 54:

     A huge one. It was my job to mix the horseshit in with the soil. Great big wheelbarrows full of horseshit. We used to drive around to farms that had horses and ask them if we could shovel up their horseshit.

   • 2012, Laurel Dewey, Betty's (Little Basement) Garden‎^[2], page 253:

     The aroma was a mix of cedar, hay and horseshit but somehow, Betty found it pleasantly intoxicating.

Translations

vulgar: serious harassment or abuse

• Finnish: paskakasa

vulgar: blatant nonsense

• Finnish: hevonpaska (fi)

bullshit — see bullshit

horse faeces

• Finnish: hevosenpaska (vulgar), hevosenlanta

See also

• bullshit
• chickenshit
• you can't put the shit back in the horse
• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Interjection

horseshit

1. (vulgar, slang) Synonym of bullshit

   He says he'll pay up next week.
   Horseshit!