bs

1. pluralplural of b
2. InternetabbreviationinformalAbbreviation of bullshit.

alternative B.S. · alternative B. S.

1. abbreviationautomotiveAbbreviation of Bridgestone, a tire company.
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Bengali Sambat.

plural BSs · alternative B.S. · alternative B. S.

1. USabbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation 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.

   2020 May 15, Amisha Padnani, “Is Marriage a Prize?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 May 2020

   Synonyms: BSc

2. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
3. abbreviationcountableuncountableball gamesAbbreviation of blown saves.
4. abbreviationcountableuncountableaccountingAbbreviation of balance sheet.
5. CanadaUSabbreviationalsocountableeuphemisticslanguncountablecard gamesAbbreviation of bullshit.

   Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.”

   2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2021

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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.

   2006 October 17, Gasonfires, “Neocon Divisiveness Has Worked - On Me! Oh Damn!”, in Daily Kos, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025

6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Bartter syndrome.

present singular third person BSes · participle present BSing · participle past BSed · past BSed · alternative B.S. · alternative B. S.

1. abbreviationeuphemisticslangAbbreviation 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.

   2019 April 26, Christopher Ingraham, “Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2019

1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of benzenesulphonyl.

1. pluralplural of B