词条 | Horseshit |
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The first known usage was 1923.[1] The word horseshit or horse shit can mean or be used to describe:
UsageThis word is generally used in a derogatory manner and can be used as a noun or adjective. It is often used to dismiss viewpoints one considers to be absurd. Ie. Two guys discussing relativism and Tyrone overhears them and says, "That sounds like a bunch of horseshit." Usage in mediaHorseshit is used in An American Odyssey a book about John McCain: "Can you believe this antediluvian horseshit?[5] Robert G. Barrett author of The Boys From Binjiwunyawunya the main protagonist Les Norton was fond of many colloquialisms including "They’re as rare as rocking-horse shit."[6]Dustin Kurtz used the term several times in his Melville House article How to Lay Off 600 Booksellers: With a Delicious Dollop of Horseshit about the college textbook industry. He states, "Horseshit is not a lie, it is a gift; in place of a lie, the acknowledgement that you don’t even owe your victims an explanation that approaches the truth."[7] Etymology"Horsefeathers" is another variation that U.S. cartoonist Billy De Beck invented in 1928; as another variation of "nonsense".[8] "Rocking horse shit" is another variation, with the irony that it is impossible for an inanimate object to produce feces. It is sometimes expressed as "As rare as rocking horseshit."[9][10] In everyday languageOutside of the academic world, among natural speakers of North American English, as an interjection or adjective, "horseshit" conveys general displeasure, an objection to, or points to unfairness within, some state of affairs. It can be also used to refer to how something appears. For example: That looks like horseshit. In this case, one would not say that looks like bullshit. In general, "horseshit" and "bullshit" are used in roughly similar contexts to refer to something as nonsensical, although "horseshit" seems to have a somewhat stronger connotation, with an added layer of loathing on the part of the user that isn't as evident when using the somewhat more neutral "bullshit". See also
ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseshit|title=Horseshit - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary|work=merriam-webster.com}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN_yPzZjapgC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=%22You+look+like+horseshit%22&source=bl&ots=bAWVby7YCL&sig=S744bR1ZICd2xb8egoLwpX5YZfE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DMYWU9TzD8WOkAfToYDIDA&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA|title=Kodak Moment|work=google.com}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://dallas.eater.com/archives/2014/01/09/the-blind-butcher-serves-horseshit-beer-if-you-want-it.php|title='Horseshit Beer,' Craft Everything Else at Blind Butcher|work=Eater Dallas}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://dallas.racked.com/archives/categories/lower_greenville.php|title=Racked Dallas: Lower Greenville Archives|work=racked.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20140305144818/http://dallas.racked.com/archives/categories/lower_greenville.php|archivedate=2014-03-05|df=}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0RVMsTWH5oC&pg=PA17|title=John McCain: An American Odyssey |publisher=Simon & Schuster, Free Press |isbn=9781416571889 |date=September 2007|first1=Robert |last1=Timberg |page=17 |work=google.com |accessdate=March 15, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://ozwords.org/?p=2531#more-2531|title=Robert G. Barrett, Les Norton, and twentieth-century Aussie slang|work=ozwords.org}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mhpbooks.com/how-to-lay-off-600-booksellers-with-a-delicious-dollop-of-horseshit/?ModPagespeed=noscript|title=How to lay off 600 booksellers: with a delicious dollop of horseshit|publisher=Melville House Books}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=horseshit&searchmode=none|title=Online Etymology Dictionary|work=etymonline.com}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allwords.com/word-rocking+horse+shit.html?ModPagespeed=noscript|title=Definition of rocking horse shit|work=allwords.com}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://allgatesbrewery.com/allgates-brewery-blog/2011/06/as-rare-as-rocking-horse-shit/|title=As rare as Rocking Horse shit! - allgatesbrewery.com|work=allgatesbrewery.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305122552/http://allgatesbrewery.com/allgates-brewery-blog/2011/06/as-rare-as-rocking-horse-shit/|archivedate=2014-03-05|df=}} Bibliography
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