This is a serious question. When people say "bullshit" why do they use that word. Why not "birdshit" or "catshit" When and why did people start saying "bullshit" as an expression of derision and contempt.
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Don't know the answer. Don't want points but I wanted to say I will be interested in reading the responses. Great question.
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There is also a term "chickenshit", but has a different meaning (petty administrative details). The origin of "bullshit" is obscure like most scatological terms. Somebody said it, others thought it sounded cool and it just took off. +3
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There's a hell of a lot more bullshit in bullshit than there is birdshit in birdshit.
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hmmm, thats a good question, maybe because bull shit stinks and it is a pain to step in. and when someone is "bullshitting" you, its usually pretty annoying and a pain to hear... I know that cat shit and bird shit can suck too. but bull shit sounds like more of a load to deal with... i cant give you a definate answer but that is what i would guess.
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Maybe this will help, not too much though. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bullshit&searchmode=none
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+6 good point
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Have you ever seen a bull shit..that's a whole lot of shit..that shit is deep you need a 10 pound shovel. Its kind of like Horse shit..and it really stinks:)
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I'm glad this is a Sirius question. It was made for me. I've never used the word bullshit or even horseshit. I use Holyshit quite often and now will be sent to total damnation for it.....
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Bulls produce an inordinate amount of it. Birds and cats, make hardly any.
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Because the origin of the word s*** goes all the way back to the Old testament of the Bible. There was a certain group of people called the shittites whose method of attacking you in battle was to get naked and roll around in the manure of a bull. Because it was extra stinky. Hence we have developed the word b*******. Which was it description of what they did.
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mugwort where is that in the Bible Sounds like Bullshit to me. -
Arimatthewdavies The early Old testament mentions that group of people it doesn't describe what they did but I'm a Bible theologian and skilled in history of the Bible and ancient civilizations so I was able to tell you how the word came into being
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What you state truly has happened through all of time, that one person or other would want to break from traditional vulgarities, and there you go. It was never a new idea where it is clever and a good mix for it all. Bull squat is much grosser than birdshit or catshit.
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Arimatthewdavies
Yes you're correct there has been many tribes of Indians that have found out that attacking naked covered with feces puts well let's say a rather stinky terror into the heart of whoever they're attacking -
wiseacre
Leaving off how the white man killed so many Indians is a bullshit thing too ya know?
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