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Bullshit vs Commodity - What's the difference?

bullshit | commodity |

As nouns the difference between bullshit and commodity

is that bullshit is the faeces of a bull while commodity is convenience; usefulness, suitability.

As an adjective bullshit

is absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.

As a verb bullshit

is to tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

As an interjection bullshit

is An expression of disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.

bullshit

English

(wikipedia bullshit)

Noun

(-)
  • (literally) The faeces of a bull.
  • (vulgar, slang) False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.
    • Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit .
  • (vulgar, slang) A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing; also known as "BS", "Cheat" or "I Doubt It".
    • Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit ?
  • (vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.
    • That's total bullshit ! I called your office and they said you never came in!

    See also

    * bullcrap * horseshit * See also

    Synonyms

    * BS * bull * bulldada * bull puckey * bushwah * (card game) cheat, I doubt it

    Derived terms

    * bullshido * bullshitter * bullshitty * bullshoot * bullshot

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.
    • That's the most bullshit excuse I've ever heard.

    Verb

  • (vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
    • I think you're bullshitting . Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
    You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
    He caught my attention with irrelevant asides that didn’t quite make sense, but sounded very erudite if you didn’t think about it too much. In other words, I noticed that he was bullshitting . http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002815.php
  • (vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point.
    • I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.
  • (vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.
    • We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn't know any songs.

    Interjection

  • (vulgar, slang)

    • commodity

    English

    Alternative forms

    * commoditie (archaic )

    Noun

    (commodities)
  • (obsolete) Convenience; usefulness, suitability.
  • Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
  • * 1995 , James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700 , p.122
    • If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity.
  • * 2001 , Rachel Pain, Introducing Social Geographies , p.26
    • In human geography "commodities'" usually refers to goods and services which are bought and sold. The simplest ' commodities are those produced by the production system just before they are sold.
  • * 2005 , William Leiss, Botterill, Jacki, Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace , p.307
  • *:* Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that shopping is much more than the purchase of commodities
  • Something useful or valuable.
  • * 2008 , Jan. 14th, Somerset County Gazette
    • And Slade said: "It really makes me sad that football club chairmen and boards seem to have lost that most precious commodity - patience. "Sam's sacking at Newcastle had, I suppose, been on the cards for a while, but it is really ridiculous to fire a manager after such a short time.
  • (obsolete) Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.
  • *, I.40:
    • Shall we employ the intelligence Heaven hath bestowed upon us for our greatest good, to our ruine? repugning natures desseign and the universal order and vicissitude of things, which implieth that every man should use his instruments and meanes for his owne commoditie ?
  • *, NYRB, 2001, vol.1, p.321:
    • they commonly respect their own ends, commodity is the steer of all their action.
  • (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
    • The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges.
  • (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
    • Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity .
  • (Marxism) Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.