Bullshit

Bull, convey nonsense, dates from the 17th century,[1] while the term cop has been used as early as 1915 in American slang,[2] and came into popular function only during World War II. The leger strapper itself may have derived from the Old French boul meaning fraud, deceit (Oxford slope Dictionary).[2] The term horseshit is a nigh(a) synonym. Worthy of note is the South African English analogous bull dust. Few corresponding terms comprise in other languages, with the significant exception of German Bockmist, literally billy-goat shit.
The earliest attestation mentioned by the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is in fact T. S. Eliot, who between 1910 and 1916 wrote an early meter to which he gave the title The Triumph of Bullshit, written in the form of a ballade. The first stanza goes:
Ladies, on whom my attentions have waited
If you portion out my merits are small
Etiolated, alembicated,
Orotund, tasteless, fantastical,
Monotonous, crotchety, constipated,
Impotent galamatias
Affected, possibly imitated,
For Christs sake follow it up your ass.
The word misrepresent does not appear in the text of the poem, though in keeping with the ballade form, the refrain For Christs sake stick it up your ass appears in each following rhythm and concludes the envoi.



Eliot did not publish this poem during his lifetime.[3]
As to earlier etymology the OED cites bull with the meaning trivial, insincere, untruthful talk or writing, nonsense. It describes this usage as being of unknown origin, but notes the following: OF boul, boule, trunk fraud, deceit, trickery; mod. Icel bull nonsense; also ME bull BUL imposition, and BULL verb, to befool, mock, cheat. [4]
Although as the above makes clear there is no confirmed etymological connection, it might be noted that these erstwhile(a) meanings are synonymous with the modern expression bull otherwise generally considered, and intentionally used as, a contraction of bullshit.If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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