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In some senses, bs is marked as slang, US, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun 5name 2verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
complete, mechanical, pure, received, rich
VERB + BS
came, cut, give, got, like, seems
BS + NOUN
ai, degree, explanations, semester
PREP.
about, in, up, with, with
Definitions
name
1
Abbreviation of Bridgestone, a tire company.
2
Abbreviation of Bengali Sambat.
noun
1
Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.
And there was a time when women were told to go to college not for a B.A. or a B.S. but for an “MRS. Degree,” with the expectation of walking right off the graduation stage and down the aisle.
2
Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
3
Abbreviation of blown saves.
4
Abbreviation of balance sheet.
5
Abbreviation of bullshit.
My gut reaction was to lay into him for being a snotnosed little creep doing no more than spouting his rich daddy's BS and asking him where he got off making comments like that to a customer.
Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.”
verb
1
Abbreviation of bullshit.
Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without being one. / Or, as the social scientists put it, to BS.
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Synonyms
noun — a bachelor's degree in science
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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And there was a time when women were told to go to college not for a B.A. or a B.S. but for an “MRS. Degree,” with the expectation of walking right off the graduation stage and down the aisle.
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My gut reaction was to lay into him for being a snotnosed little creep doing no more than spouting his rich daddy's BS and asking him where he got off making comments like that to a customer.
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Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.”
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Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without bei
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I got two Bs this semester.
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Franklin Chang-Díaz received a BS degree in mechanical engineering in 1973. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics in 1977.
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