horseshit

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As for why it's total horseshit, the kind of people who call an airline to complain about sitting next to a fatty (more on them in a moment) are not just complaining about people who can't lower an armrest and get buckled up with a single extender.

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  1. noun Vulgar The excrement of a horse.
  2. noun Vulgar Slang Meaningless or insincere talk or action; nonsense.
  3. interjection Vulgar Slang Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

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  • As imaginary ‘bugs’ settle deeper into their dual consciousness, breeding likes flies on horseshit, their relationship escalates from whimsy and desire to insanity and obsession. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#4
  • M. Stirling No more of that oh-dear-beanbag-is-too-aggressive-for-kids horseshit, at least , he thought, holding back the belly laugh to avoid waking the child sleeping against him. —  Map.html
  • Here he was stuck with the smell of horseshit, keeping strange horses trained for aggression from fighting for dominance when they were penned too close, and to top it all off he had to do it in full war harness. —  Map.html
  • Lone British is joined by a handful of mates (plus an officer) who are pelted by the crowd with various things to hand-rocks, horseshit, snowballs, piece of ice, etc. —  Kings of War
  • Which is also a load of horseshit - profit is the one thing that great art is generally not produced for. —  matthewgood.org
 

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