Bulldust vs Misuse - What's the difference?
bulldust | misuse |
(Australia) Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.
* 2007 , , Joy McKean, Another Day, Another Town ,
* 2007 , Dick Eussen, Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome ,
* 2011 , Leon Isackson, Jon Hayton, Behind the Rock and Beyond ,
(Australia, slang) Nonsense; blatantly false statements.
* 1991 , Antonio Casella, The Sensualist ,
* 1993 , , Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir ,
* 2008 , Catherine Deveny, Say When ,
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 4
, author=Lewis Smith
, title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
, work=the Guardian
To use (something) incorrectly.
To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
(obsolete) To abuse verbally, to insult.
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As nouns the difference between bulldust and misuse
is that bulldust is (australia) fine red dust, found in desert regions of australia while misuse is an incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.As a verb misuse is
to use (something) incorrectly.bulldust
English
Noun
(-)page 151,
- Bulldust' is like talcum powder and it covers the holes in the road. No matter how carefully we drove, the ' bulldust rose in the air and cascaded down over our vehicle to the extent that we sometimes used the wipers to clear the windscreen.
page 23,
- Road trains are over 50 m long when towing three trailers. On dirt roads, they trail a blinding cloud of bulldust and window smashing, fist-size stones.
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- The bulldust was starting to get really thick now and even thicker in the back of the Hudson! It got into everything.
page 10,
- She was told some bulldust'. The same ' bulldust they tell any dickhead willing to part with money: that she'd be rich one day and live to a ripe old age.
page 70,
- “Your theory is bulldust', Arthur,” said Pancho. “Nothing but ' bulldust . You should play your best doubles players even if they are playing singles. If they are fit, they are not going to be too tired. McEnroe would not have lost that match.”
page 181,
- In these harsh times of economic rationalism (sacking), restructuring (sacking) and merit-assessed and incentive-based liquidation and redirecting of human resources (sacking), the bulldust detector is invaluable.
Synonyms
* bullshitmisuse
English
Etymology 1
(mis-) +Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}
Etymology 2
From (mis-) +Verb
(misus)- Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […].