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Hooey nonsense humbug (could be the title of my next book) Hogwash nonsense worthless idea (simple but effective for criticism)

Grimgribber learned gibberish legal jargon (how bullshit reaches the next generation) Gibberish nonsense talk (lots of this being spoken at the upcoming CES event in Las Vegas) pretentious or deceptive nonsense (useful for describing press releases)īalderdash nonsense a jumble of words (fling this out at your next staff meeting)īallyhoo bombastic or pretentious nonsense (useful for describing vacuous political speeches)īambosh deceptive nonsense (new to me, but I like the sound of it)īletherskate a garrulous talker of nonsense (give ’em a copy of my book)īuncombe speech-making intended for the mass media humbug (synonym: demagoguery)īunk nonsense humbug (a description notable for brevity and clarity)īushwa nonsense (please, let’s bring this back into idle discourse)Ĭlatfart idle chatter nonsense (impress your friends, say “clatfart”)Ĭodswallop something utterly senseless nonsense (does this describe the last memo you read?)įlummery anything insipid empty compliment humbug ( weasel words, anyone?) Descriptions from Phrontistery, commentary from me:Īckamarackus. Thanks to Stephen Chrisomalis on a site called The Phrontistery, I now have a useful list of synonyms for bullshit. To avoid repetition, to write in places that prohibit curse words, or just to be more descriptive, you need synonyms. However, someone might fool you just as a joke and to trick someone is sometimes seen as a skillful thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.Sometimes you can’t call bullshit by its name. If someone cheats/tricks/fools/cons you, they may get something from you and make you feel stupid.

People may feel cheated/betrayed by someone in authority whom they trusted to look after their interests. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations, and others who know and trust them.

Many of these words involve making someone believe something that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others.

con ( informal) to deceive someone, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you: My grandfather was conned out of $10,000 by criminals.

betray to hurt someone who trusts you, especially by deceiving them or not being loyal to them: She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.

deceive to make someone believe something that is not true, especially someone who trusts you, in order to get what you want: I don't know how he deceived me so well.

fool to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want: Just don't be fooled by these statistics.

trick to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in a skillful way, in order to get what you want: She tricked him into handing over all his savings.

lie to say or write something that you know is not true: He lied about his age.

Cheat also means to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition, or exam: Copying someone else's answers is one kind of cheating.

cheat to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them: She cheated on her taxes.These words all mean to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in order to get what you want. deceive somebody into doing something She deceived him into handing over all his savings. 1 to make someone believe something that is not true deceive somebody Her husband had been deceiving her for years.